福星

Chinese

		good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (福星)		福	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ sing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hok-chhiⁿ / hok-chheⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúsing
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-hsing¹
    • Yale: fú-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushing
    • Palladius: фусин (fusin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk¹ sing¹
    • Yale: fūk sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hok-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hokchvy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hok-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hokzhvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

福星

1. (literary, Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 木星 (Mùxīng, “Jupiter, the Star of Wealth”).
2. (figurative) “lucky star”; person or thing that brings good luck, well-being or hope; mascot

Derived terms

• 一路福星
• 福星高照 (fúxīnggāozhào)