"璇璣" meaning in Chinese

See 璇璣 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /syːn²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/, /syːn²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: xuánjī [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧ [Mandarin, bopomofo], syun⁴ gei¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], xuánjī [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], syuánji [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hsüan²-chi¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], sywán-jī [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shyuanji [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сюаньцзи [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sjuanʹczi [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], syùhn gēi [Cantonese, Yale], syn⁴ gei¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xun⁴ géi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 璿璣, 璇玑, 璿璣, 琁璣, 旋璣
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 璇璣
  1. (Chinese astronomy) the “spoon”, or the first four stars of the Big Dipper Tags: Chinese
    Sense id: en-璇璣-zh-noun-TLCPcqD~ Categories (other): Chinese astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (Chinese astronomy, by extension) Big Dipper Tags: Chinese, broadly
    Sense id: en-璇璣-zh-noun-qUc7i9ag Categories (other): Chinese astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. (Chinese astronomy) Polaris Tags: Chinese
    Sense id: en-璇璣-zh-noun-FDX9p4yA Categories (other): Chinese astronomy, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 16 31 43 8 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 26 48 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 16 68 4 1 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  4. (literary, figurative) authority; throne Tags: figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-璇璣-zh-noun-chAgva18
  5. (historical) ancient astronomical instrument, especially the moving part of the instrument Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-璇璣-zh-noun-t5s2xB5c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 璇璣玉衡, 璇玑玉衡
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