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恒星

héng xīng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 恆星

恒星 (héng xīng) means "(fixed) star". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 恒星 means

1. (fixed) star

The characters in 恒星

• 恒héngpermanent; constant; fixed
• 星xīngstar; heavenly body; satellite

Example sentences

• 天文学涉及恒星和行星。
  Tiānwénxué shèjí héngxīng hé xíngxīng.
  Astronomy deals with the stars and planets.
• 地球不是恒星，而是行星。
  Dìqiú bù shì héngxīng, érshì xíngxīng.
  The earth is not a star, but a planet.
• 行星围着固定不动的恒星转。
  Xíngxīng wéi zhe gùdìng bù dòng de héngxīng zhuǎn.
  Planets move around a fixed star.
• 汤姆不懂恒星和行星的区别。
  Tom doesn't know the difference between a star and a planet.
• 天文学涉及恒星和行星的研究。
  Astronomy involves the study of stars and planets.
• 布拉赫为一千多颗恒星做了编目。
  Bù lā hè wèi yī qiān duō kē héngxīng zuò le biānmù.
  Brahe catalogued over 1000 stars.

Words starting with 恒星

• 恒星年héng xīng niánthe sidereal year (astronomy); the year defined in terms of the fixed stars
• 恒星系héng xīng xìstellar system; galaxy
• 恒星际héng xīng jìinterstellar; between the fixed stars

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