火星

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (火星)		火	星
simp. #(火星)		火	星
anagram		星火

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huǒxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Fó-sên
• Eastern Min (BUC): Huŏ-sĭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Hér-chhiⁿ / Hé-chhiⁿ / Hóe-chheⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê² cên¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hu-shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huǒxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huǒsing
    • Wade–Giles: Huo³-hsing¹
    • Yale: Hwǒ-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Huooshing
    • Palladius: Хосин (Xosin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² sing¹
    • Yale: fó sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fó-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: fo^ˋ sen^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ sen²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Huŏ-sĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huo⁵⁵ ^(s-)liŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hér-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Hér-tshinn
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hé-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Hé-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefchvy
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hóe-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Hué-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefzhvef
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê² cên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué tsheⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰẽ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hu-shin
    • MiniDict: hu^去 shin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hu-xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hu³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xwaX seng

Rime
Character	火	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	呼果切	桑經切
Baxter	xwaX	seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑX/	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/huɑX/	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑX/	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaX/	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/xuɑX/	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/xuɑX/	/sieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xuɑX/	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǒ	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fo2	sing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[qʷʰ]ˤəjʔ  s-tsʰˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷaːlʔ  sleːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	火	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huǒ	xīng
Middle Chinese	‹ xwaX ›	‹ seng ›
Old Chinese	/*[qʷʰ]ˁəjʔ/	/*s-tsʰˁeŋ/
English	fire	star
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	火	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5540	11371
Phonetic component	火	生
Rime group	歌	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	火	星
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷaːlʔ/	/*sleːŋ/
Notes		説文曐或體

Proper noun

火星

1. (astronomy) Mars

Synonyms

• 熒惑／荧惑 (yínghuò)
• 熒惑星／荧惑星

Derived terms

• 火星人 (huǒxīngrén)
• 火星學 / 火星学
• 火星撞地球
• 火星日 (huǒxīngrì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (火星):

• → Japanese: 火星(かせい) (Kasei)
• → Korean: 화성(火星) (Hwaseong)
• → Vietnamese: Hoả Tinh (火星)

→ Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽳𐽳𐾀 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽴 (ʾwwt ywltwz /⁠Oot yultuz⁠/) (calque)

See also

• planets of the Solar System: 太陽系的行星 ~ 太阳系的行星: 水星 (Shuǐxīng) · 金星 (Jīnxīng) · 地球 (Dìqiú) · 火星 (Huǒxīng) · 木星 (Mùxīng) · 土星 (Tǔxīng) · 天王星 (Tiānwángxīng) · 海王星 (Hǎiwángxīng) ^[edit]

Verb

火星

1. (neologism, Internet slang) to be outdated and unaware; to not know something that everyone else knows

   樓主你火星了／楼主你火星了  ―  lóuzhǔ nǐ huǒxīng le  ―  OP, you're outdated

Synonyms

• 村通網／村通网

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² sing¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huei³ ca¹ / huei³ cann¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hóe-cheⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒsing
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-hsing¹
    • Yale: hwǒ-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshing
    • Palladius: хосин (xosin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒxīngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄥㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒsingr
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-hsing¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwǒ-syīngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshiengl
    • Palladius: хосинр (xosinr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² sing¹
    • Yale: fó sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huei³ ca¹ [Phonetic: huei⁵ ca¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hôi-chaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: huei³ cann¹ [Phonetic: huei⁵ na¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huei³³²⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)na⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-cheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hué-tsenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefzvef
    • Sinological IPA (Tainan): /hue⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

火星

1. (chiefly Mandarin, Puxian Min) spark of fire

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 火星 (“spark of fire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		焱
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		火星, 火星子, 火花
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	火星兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	火星子
	Xi'an	火星子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	火星子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	火星
Cantonese	Guangzhou	火屎, 火花
	Hong Kong	火屎, 火花
	Taishan	火屎
	Dongguan	火屎
Gan	Nanchang	火星子
	Lichuan	火星
	Pingxiang	火星
Hakka	Meixian	火屎
Huizhou	Jixi	火屎
Northern Min	Jian'ou	火焰仔, 火星仔, 火仔屎
Southern Min	Xiamen	火屎
	Quanzhou	火屎
	Tainan	火星
	Shantou	火屎
	Leizhou	火屎
Puxian Min	Putian	火星
	Xianyou	火星
Wu	Wenzhou	火種星
Xiang	Changsha	火星子
	Hengyang	火星子

Derived terms

• 火星塞
• 火星子 (huǒxīngzi)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “火星”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 288.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	星
か Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

火星

Etymology

/kwasei/ → /kaseː/

From Middle Chinese 火星 (MC xwaX seng, literally “fire star”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かせー [kàséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠se̞ː]

• • Homophones: 化生, 化成, 化性, 化政, 火成, 火勢, 加勢, 仮声, 仮性, 河清, 苛性, 苛政, 家世, 家声, 家政, 家勢, 歌声, 歌聖

Proper noun

火(か)星(せい) • (Kasei) ^{←くわせい (Kwasei)?}

1. Mars (planet)
   • 2004 July 20 [2003 September 22], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act(アクト) 3(スリー)　レイ　SAILORMARS(セーラー　マーズ) [Act 3: Rei: SAILOR MARS]”, in [美少女戦士](Pretty Guardian)[セーラームーン](SAILORMOON) [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], 5th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 122:

     火(か)星(せい)の守(しゅ)護(ご)を受(う)けた炎(ほのお)と情(じょう)熱(ねつ)の戦(せん)士(し)　セーラーマーズ！あなたもえらばれた戦(せん)士(し)なのよ

     Kasei no shugo o uketa honō to jōnetsu no senshi Sērā Māzu! Anata mo erabareta senshi na no yo

     The warrior of fire and passion under Mars, Sailor Mars! You’re also one of the chosen warriors

Synonyms

• マース (Māsu), マーズ (Māzu)
• (archaic) 火(か)曜(よう) (Kayō), 火夏星(ひなつぼし) (hinatsuboshi), 熒惑星(けいこくせい) (keikokusei)

Derived terms

• 火(か)星(せい)人(じん) (Kaseijin): a Martian
• 火(か)星(せい)学(がく) (Kaseigaku): areology, the study of the planet Mars

See also

• マールス (Mārusu): Mars, the Roman god of war

• planets of the Solar System: 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no wakusei): 水(すい)星(せい) (Suisei) · 金(きん)星(せい) (Kinsei) · 地(ち)球(きゅう) (Chikyū) · 火(か)星(せい) (Kasei) · 木(もく)星(せい) (Mokusei) · 土(ど)星(せい) (Dosei) · 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei) · 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei) ^[edit]

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
火	星

Proper noun

火星 • (Hwaseong) (hangeul 화성)

1. hanja form^? of 화성 (“Mars”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
火	星

Proper noun

火星

1. chữ Hán form of Hoả tinh (“Mars”)