星 xīng

1. 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')
2. xīng proper noun Xing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Name 名字
   Notes: (Guoyu '星' n 5)
3. xīng adverb traveling at high speed
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Like a meteor (Guoyu '星' adv 2)
4. xīng noun a celebrity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 明星 (Guoyu '星' n 3)
5. xīng noun a spark
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '星')
6. xīng noun a point of light
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '星'; Guoyu '星' n 2; Unihan '星')
7. 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)
8. xīng adjective small; minute
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 细微 (Guoyu '星' adj 1)
9. xīng adjective star-white
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The color of a star (Guoyu '星' adj 2)
10. xīng adverb numerous and scattered everywhere
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '星' adv 1)

Contained in

• 超新星剩余(超新星剩餘) supernova residue (a type of nebula)
• 星图(星圖) star chart
• 普列谢茨克卫星发射场(普列謝茨克衛星發射場) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
• 童星 child star
• 红矮星(紅矮星) red dwarf star
• 三合星 triple star system
• 天星码头(天星碼頭) Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong
• 大角星 Arcturus
• 救星 savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor
• 急如星火 as hurried as a shooting star; requiring immediate action; extremely urgent
• 类星体(類星體) quasar
• 昴星团(昴星團) Pleiades M45
• 红五星旗(紅五星旗) Five-Starred Red Flag
• 灿若繁星(燦若繁星) bright as a multitude of stars; extremely able talent
• 超新星 supernova
• 猎户座大星云(獵戶座大星雲) the Great Nebula in Orion M42
• 智多星 resourceful person; mastermind
• 七星瓢虫(七星瓢蟲) seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
• 火德星君 spirit of the planet Mars
• 亮星云(亮星雲) emission nebula
• 斗转星移(斗轉星移) the Big Dipper has turned and the stars have moved; time flies
• 气态巨行星(氣態巨行星) gas giants
• 星家 astrologist (in former times)
• 木星 Jupiter
• 红超巨星(紅超巨星) red supergiant (star)
• 马蹄星云(馬蹄星雲) Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17
• 鹰状星云(鷹狀星雲) Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
• 恒星(恆星) a star
• 星月 the moon and the stars
• 占星学(占星學) astrology
• 眼冒金星 to see stars; dazed
• 通信卫星(通信衛星) communications satellite
• 上星剧(上星劇) satellite television show
• 男星 male star; famous actor
• 星期二 Tuesday
• 星官 Chinese constellations
• 五角星 pentagram
• 上个星期(上個星期) last week
• 星洲 Singapore
• 极星(極星) pole star
• 天琴星座 Lyra
• 主序星 star in the main sequence
• 星相家 astrologer
• 卫星电视(衛星電視) satellite TV
• 星期三 Wednesday
• 卫星(衛星) satellite ; an artificial satellite ; a subsidiary body
• 星座运势(星座運勢) (Western-style) horoscope
• 秤星 a marking on a balance arm

Also contained in

卡乐星 、 火星哥 、 赖昌星

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 八星 (八星) 二十有八星位 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 2