粵

太taai3歲seoi3

simp太岁
taai3 seoi3Tài suì

English

  1. Tai Sui, God of the year
  2. archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1]
  3. nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area
  4. deity of the year, 60 in total

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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