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--- In lojban@egroups.com, Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@M...> wrote:
> Pierre Abbat wrote:
> > What are the Chinese names of the planets and the days?
>=20
> The names of the planets are the same in Chinese and Japanese
> (and Korean, I think), modulo phonetic shape.  The ones that
> are visible to the naked eye are named after the five elements,
> the rest have their mythological names translated:
>=20
> Mer  Water-Star
> Ven  Metal-Star
> Mar  Fire-Star
> Jup  Wood-Star
> Sat  Earth-Star  (not to be confused with the Earth)

For these 5 (corresponding to the 5 elements) I'm able to confirm:
Jupiter - muxing =A4=EC=ACP
Mars - huoxing =A4=F5=ACP
Saturn - tuxing =A4g=ACP and=20
Mercury - shuixing =A4=F4=ACP

> The days of the week are numbered in Chinese (all except Sunday)
> and named after the Sun, Moon and elements in Japanese (and Korean,
> as you say).

It's strange, but in Chinese (where even the day's double-hours are named) =
=3D=0D
the week's days are just numbered (except xingqiri =ACP=B4=C1=A4=E9=20
sunday)!
=20
And so are the month names: "January" - zhengyue =A5=BF=A4=EB, eryue =A4G=
=A4=EB etc.
But there are also literary names beside the colloquial ones:
e.g.
Spring king - chunwang =ACK=A4=FD etc.
Middle harmony - zhonghe =A4=A4=A9M etc.
Peach moon - taoyue =AE=E7=A4=EB etc.
Clear harmony -  qinghe =B2M=A9M etc.
Pomegrate moon - liuyue =BAh=A4=EB etc.
Lotus moon - heyue =B2=FC=A4=EB etc.
Aleurites... moon - tongyue =AE=E4=A4=EB etc.
Kassia moon - guiyue =AE=DB=A4=EB etc.
Chrysanthemum fall - juyue =B5=E2=AC=EE etc.
Yang spring - yangchun =B6=A7=ACK etc.
Winter moon - dongyue =A5V=A4=EB or reed moon - jiayue =B8=B5=A4=EB etc.
Winter sacrifice moon (3 days after solstice) - layue =C3=BE=A4=EB etc.

BTW, the solar terms are double corresponding with the zodiacal positions o=
=3D=0D
f the sun, e.g. Spring begins - lichun =A5=DF=ACK (Aquarius), Rain water -=
=20
yushui =ABB=A4=F4 (Pisces), Excited insects - jingzhi =C5=E5=EEh (Pisces) e=
tc.

.aulun.