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梅西耶星表

Mandarin · pinyin Méi xī yē xīng biǎo

Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

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梅: méi · plums; prunes; surname
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
耶: yé · used in transliteration
星: xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
表: biǎo · show, express, manifest, display

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2–1–1–1–3 · Mei2 xi1 ye1 xing1 biao3

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mui4 sai1 je4 sing1 biu2

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