xīng

星

star

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03 · Details

Meaning, words & where you learn it

Taught in your lessons 课程

时间与日期Lesson 3 · Time & Dates vocab 运动Lesson 15 · Sports & Exercise 今天几号HSK 3.0 · Lesson 4 · What's the Date? vocab 我的爱好HSK 3.0 · Lesson 15 · My Hobbies 放假了HSK 3.0 · Lesson 19 · Holidays Are Here

Words with 星

星期 xīng qī week; day of the week HSK 1
星期天 Xīng qī tiān Sunday HSK 1
星期日 Xīng qī rì Sunday HSK 1
明星 míng xīng star; celebrity HSK 2
星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky HSK 2
卫星 wèi xīng satellite; moon HSK 5
球星 qiú xīng sports star (ball sport) HSK 6
影星 yǐng xīng film star HSK 6
歌星 gē xīng singing star; famous singer HSK 6
星座 xīng zuò constellation; astrological sign HSK 7–9
巨星 jù xīng (astronomy) giant star; (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc) HSK 7–9
外星人 wài xīng rén space alien; extraterrestrial HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 今天星期几？ What day is today? Lesson 3
  • 今天是星期三。 Today is Wednesday. Lesson 3
  • 今天星期几？ What day is today? Lesson 3
  • 今天星期四，明天是星期五。 Today is Thursday, tomorrow is Friday. Lesson 3
  • 我一个星期跑三次步，身体很好。 I run three times a week, and I'm very healthy. Lesson 15
  • 是的，我一个星期游四次泳。 Yes, I swim four times a week. Lesson 15

Character facts

Radical
日 sun; day; daytime
Parts
日 + 生
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+661F

Pictophonetic: sun

Same radical 日
shì 是 rì 日 zǎo 早 wǎn 晚 qíng 晴 shí 时 jiù 旧 àn 暗
Same sound
xíng 行 xìng 姓 xìng 性 xíng 型 xǐng 醒 xíng 形 xīng 腥