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)
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- 外星 alien; extraterrestrial
- 星星之火,可以燎原 a single spark can start a huge blaze; an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
- 巨星 a superstar
- 镇星(鎮星) Saturn
- 流星赶月(流星趕月) a meteor catching up with the moon; swift action
- 天枢星(天樞星) alpha Ursae Majoris
- 极星(極星) pole star
- 红矮星(紅矮星) red dwarf star
- 红巨星(紅巨星) red giant (star)
- 六角星 six-pointed star; hexagram
- 五角星 pentagram
- 女星 female star; famous actress
- 景星见(景星見) brilliant star will be seen [in the sky]
- 大角星 Arcturus
- 游星(遊星) planet
- 岁星(歲星) Jupiter
- 零星 partial; fragmentary; scattered and few
- 观测卫星(觀測衛星) observation satellite
- 七姊妹星团(七姊妹星團) Pleiades (M45)
- 分星掰两(分星掰兩) punctilious; clear and detailed
- 卫星图(衛星圖) satellite photo
- 变星(變星) a variable star
- 皮星 picosatellite
- 两星期(兩星期) fortnight; two weeks
- 荧惑星(熒惑星) Mars
- 两弹一星(兩彈一星) (China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space
- 星象 star signs
- 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
- 星团(星團) star cluster
- 脱星(脫星) actress or actor known for having been photographed in the nude or for appearing in sexy scenes
- 星海争霸(星海爭霸) StarCraft (video game series)
- 人造卫星(人造衛星) artificial satellite
- 灾星(災星) comet or supernova viewed as evil portent
- 小寿星(小壽星) child whose birthday is being celebrated; birthday boy; birthday girl
- 仙女星系 Andromeda galaxy M31
- 海星机场(海星機場) Daxing International Airport
- 星象恶曜(星象惡曜) unlucky star
- 木星 Jupiter
- 星级(星級) star rating; top-class; highly rated
- 光明星 bright star ; Kwangmyŏngsŏng
- 棕矮星 brown dwarf star
- 星相术(星相術) astrology
- 哈雷彗星 Halley's Comet
- 灶神星 Vesta
- 五星红旗(五星紅旗) five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
- 星岛(星島) Sing Tao
- 卫星城(衛星城) satellite town; edge city; exurb
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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
- 日星 (日星) 垂日星 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention — 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
- 星鸟 (星鳥) 星鳥 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — count: 2