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
- 旋涡星云(旋渦星雲) spiral nebula
- 丽星噪鹛(麗星噪鶥) Bhutan laughingthrush (Trochalopteron imbricatum)
- 汪星人 dog
- 魁星阁(魁星閣) temple to Kuixing, Daoist God of fate
- 星群 a star cluster
- 星河 the Milky Way
- 鹰星云(鷹星雲) Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
- 占星术(占星術) astrology; horoscope
- 光明星 bright star ; Kwangmyŏngsŏng
- 值星 (of army officers) to be on duty for the week
- 通信卫星(通信衛星) communications satellite
- 歌星 singing star
- 景星勋章(景星勛章) Brilliant Star Medal
- 卫星定位系统(衛星定位系統) global positioning system (GPS)
- 天琴星座 Lyra
- 星际争霸(星際爭霸) StarCraft (video game series)
- 星体(星體) celestial body
- 谷神星(穀神星) Ceres
- 星头啄木鸟(星頭啄木鳥) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus)
- 众星拱辰(眾星拱辰) all the stars revolve around Polaris; to view somebody as core figure
- 海星 starfish; sea star
- 大星芹 great masterwort (Astrantia major)
- 快步流星 to walk quickly; striding quickly
- 矮星 dwarf star
- 流星体(流星體) meteoroid
- 星星 the stars
- 六角星 six-pointed star; hexagram
- 地球型行星 telluric planet
- 盼星星盼月亮 to wish for the stars and the moon; to have unreal expectations
- 气象卫星(氣象衛星) a weather satellite; a meteorological satellite
- 星家 astrologist (in former times)
- 纳星(納星) nanosatellite
- 上星 to broadcast through satellite; satellite (TV etc) ; shangxing acupoint
- 五星红旗(五星紅旗) five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
- 星命家 astrologer (especially Daoist)
- 福星 mascot; lucky star
- 卫星城(衛星城) satellite town; edge city; exurb
- 占星 to divine by astrology or horoscope
- 星座 star constellation
- 星系盘(星系盤) galactic disc
- 辰星 Mercury
- 星术(星術) astrology
- 奎星 Kuixing
- 恒星年(恆星年) the sidereal year; the year defined in terms of the fixed stars
- 仙女座星系 Andromeda galaxy M31
- 女星 female star; famous actress
Also contained in
三星乡 、 七星区 、 威斯康星大学系统 、 微星 、 星冰乐
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 星中 (星中) 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
- 候星 (候星) 候星 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 2