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宇宙

yǔ zhòu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

宇宙 (yǔ zhòu) means "universe; cosmos". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 宇宙 means

1. universe; cosmos; space

The characters in 宇宙

• 宇yǔroom; universe
• 宙zhòueternity; (geology) eon

Example sentences

• 但宇宙无限。
  But the universe is infinite.
• 宇宙浩瀚无边。
  Yǔzhòu hàohàn wúbiān.
  The universe is limitless.
• 宇宙何以开端？
  What is the origin of the universe?
• 宇宙无穷无尽。
  The universe is endless.
• 宇宙是怎样形成的？
  Yǔzhòu shì zěnyàng xíngchéng de?
  How was the universe formed?
• 宇宙里是没有空气的。
  Yǔzhòu lǐ shì méiyǒu kōngqì de.
  There is no air in space.

Words starting with 宇宙

• 宇宙飞船yǔ zhòu fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
• 宇宙学yǔ zhòu xuécosmology
• 宇宙线yǔ zhòu xiàncosmic ray
• 宇宙号Yǔ zhòu hàoKosmos, series of earth-orbit satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently…
• 宇宙观yǔ zhòu guānworld view; conception of the universe
• 宇宙射线yǔ zhòu shè xiàncosmic ray
• 宇宙速度yǔ zhòu sù dùescape velocity

Words containing 宇宙

• 元宇宙yuán yǔ zhòu(computing) metaverse
• 多元宇宙duō yuán yǔ zhòumultiverse (cosmology)
• 平行宇宙píng xíng yǔ zhòuparallel universe

Where 宇宙 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Universe & Forecast (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǔ zhòu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.