新星

Chinese

new; newly; meso- (chem.) star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad.
(新星)

Pronunciation


Noun

新星

  1. (astronomy) nova
  2. (figuratively) rising star; new star
    體壇新星 / 体坛新星   tǐtán xīnxīng   new sports star

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

(shin-, new) + (-sei, star)

Pronunciation

Noun

新星 (hiragana しんせい, rōmaji shinsei)

  1. (astronomy) a nova

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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