太歲
simp太岁taai3 seoi3Tài suì
English
- Tai Sui, God of the year
- archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1]
- nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area
- deity of the year, 60 in total
粵語 — Cantonese
- 每年輪流當值掌管凡間禍福嘅神明,源於星宿崇拜,一共有60個,採用將軍形象;又稱歲君
Examples
古代天文學及占星學中假設嘅星名,圍繞太陽公轉嘅軌道與歲星(木星)相同,一周約略十二年,而運行方向相反
a hypothetical star to oppose Jupiter in its roughly 12-year orbital cycle
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk