星 xīng
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xīng
noun
a star; a planet
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Astronomy
Notes: Wade-Giles: hsing (Giles 1892 '星'; Guoyu '星' n 1; Unihan '星') -
xīng
proper noun
Xing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Name 名字
Notes: (Guoyu '星' n 5) -
xīng
adverb
traveling at high speed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Like a meteor (Guoyu '星' adv 2) -
xīng
noun
a celebrity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 明星 (Guoyu '星' n 3) -
xīng
noun
a spark
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Giles 1892 '星') -
xīng
noun
a point of light
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Giles 1892 '星'; Guoyu '星' n 2; Unihan '星') -
xīng
noun
markings on a balance arm
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 秤星; for reading an object's weight (Guoyu '星' n 4) -
xīng
adjective
small; minute
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 细微 (Guoyu '星' adj 1) -
xīng
adjective
star-white
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The color of a star (Guoyu '星' adj 2) -
xīng
adverb
numerous and scattered everywhere
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '星' adv 1)
Contained in
- 红五星旗(紅五星旗) Five-Starred Red Flag
- 火星 Mars
- 卫星(衛星) satellite ; an artificial satellite ; a subsidiary body
- 影星 film star
- 星头啄木鸟(星頭啄木鳥) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus)
- 猎户座大星云(獵戶座大星雲) the Great Nebula in Orion M42
- 欃枪星(欃槍星) a comet
- 星名 star name
- 游星(遊星) planet
- 景星勳章 Brilliant Star Medal
- 扫帚星(掃帚星) comet; jinx; bearer of ill luck
- 景星见(景星見) brilliant star will be seen [in the sky]
- 斗转星移(斗轉星移) the Big Dipper has turned and the stars have moved; time flies
- 变星(變星) a variable star
- 星辰 stars
- 哈雷彗星 Halley's Comet
- 星流霆击(星流霆擊) meteor shower and violent thunderclaps; omens of violent development; portentous signs
- 安吉星 OnStar, communications system for motor vehicles featuring speech recognition, GPS navigation etc
- 火流星 bolide; fireball
- 冼星海 Xian Xinghai
- 星群 a star cluster
- 七星瓢虫(七星瓢蟲) seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
- 旋涡星系(旋渦星系) spiral galaxy
- 星命 astrological sign
- 茀星 comet
- 满天繁星(滿天繁星) whole sky, a multitude of stars
- 五星上将(五星上將) five star general
- 棕矮星 brown dwarf star
- 岩石行星 rocky planet
- 流星赶月(流星趕月) a meteor catching up with the moon; swift action
- 星系盘(星系盤) galactic disc
- 多星 starry
- 五星红旗(五星紅旗) five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
- 星球 celestial body
- 老鹰星云(老鷹星雲) Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
- 球星 sports star (ball sport)
- 星空 starry sky; the heavens
- 皮星 picosatellite
- 蜘蛛星云(蜘蛛星雲) Tarantula Nebula
- 茄二十八星瓢虫(茄二十八星瓢蟲) 28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
- 星家 astrologist (in former times)
- 快步流星 to walk quickly; striding quickly
- 猎户座流星雨(獵戶座流星雨) Orionids; Orionid meteor shower
- 光明星 bright star ; Kwangmyŏngsŏng
Also contained in
陆西星 、 欧洲之星 、 李肇星 、 梅西耶星表 、 星搓胜览 、 星子县 、 周星驰
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷五十七 志第十 天文十 Volume 57 Treatises 10: Astronomy 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 577
- 卷五十三 志第六 天文六 Volume 53 Treatises 6: Astronomy 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 486
- 卷四十九 志第二: 天文二 Volume 49 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 455
- 卷20 志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 431
- 卷五十五 志第八 天文八 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Astronomy 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 405
- 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 401
- 卷五十九 志第十二 天文十二 Volume 59 Treatises 12: Astronomy 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 395
- 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 385
- 卷五十四 志第七 天文七 Volume 54 Treatises 7: Astronomy 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 359
- 卷五十八 志第十一 天文十一 Volume 58 Treatises 11: Astronomy 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 349
Collocations
- 星孛 (星孛) 有星孛入于北斗 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 13
- 众星 (眾星) 居其所而眾星共之 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 2. 《為政》 Wei Zheng — count: 6
- 小星 (小星) 小星 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧小星 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Xiao Xing — count: 5
- 见星 (見星) 見星未已 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
- 建星 (建星) 旦建星中 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3
- 日星 (日星) 垂日星 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention — count: 3
- 星霣 (星霣) 夜中星霣如雨 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 星坠 (星墜) 賁星墜而勃海決 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3
- 星中 (星中) 旦建星中 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3
- 枢星 (樞星) 璿璣謂此辰勾陳樞星也 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 2