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星

xīng

HSK 1 Character

What 星 means

1. star
2. heavenly body
3. satellite
4. small amount

Example sentences

• 下星期见.
  Xiàxīngqī jiàn.
  See you next week!
• 我叫智星。
  My name is Jisung.
• 那是土星。
  That is Saturn.
• 下个星期见！
  See you next week!
• 今天星期几？
  What day is it today?
• 明天星期六。
  Tomorrow is Saturday.

Words starting with 星

• 星期xīng qīweek; day of the week; Sunday
• 星期六Xīng qī liùSaturday
• 星期一Xīng qī yīMonday
• 星期五Xīng qī wǔFriday
• 星期三Xīng qī sānWednesday
• 星期四Xīng qī sìThursday
• 星期天Xīng qī tiānSunday
• 星期二Xīng qī èrTuesday
• 星星xīng xing(colloquial) a star; the stars in the sky
• 星期日Xīng qī rìSunday
• 星座xīng zuòconstellation; astrological sign
• 星光xīng guāngstarlight
• 星空xīng kōngstarry sky; the star-studded heavens
• 星球xīng qiúcelestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc); heavenly body
• 星级xīng jístar rating; top-class; highly rated
• 星际xīng jìinterstellar; interplanetary
• 星辰xīng chénstars
• 星云xīng yúnnebula
• 星火xīng huǒspark; meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火
• 星斗xīng dǒustars
• 星夜xīng yèstarlit night; by night; under the night sky; through the night
• 星罗棋布xīng luó qí bùscattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom)…
• 星宿xīng xiùconstellation (arch., now 星座); one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese…
• 星名xīng míngstar name

Words containing 星

• 明星míng xīngstar; celebrity
• 卫星wèi xīng(aerospace) satellite; (astronomy) satellite; moon
• 零星líng xīngfragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered
• 三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿; the belt of Orion; three spirits 福
• 火星huǒ xīngspark (from a fire)
• 流星liú xīngmeteor; shooting star; meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星锤
• 歌星gē xīngsinging star; famous singer
• 巨星jù xīng(astronomy) giant star; (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc)
• 上星期shàng xīng qīlast week; previous week
• 下星期xià xīng qīnext week
• 外星人wài xīng rénspace alien; extraterrestrial
• 球星qiú xīngsports star (ball sport)
• 女星nǚ xīngfemale star; famous actress
• 周星驰Zhōu Xīng chíStephen Chow (1962-), Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director, known…
• 行星xíng xīngplanet
• 影星yǐng xīngfilm star
• 红星hóng xīngred star; five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat; hot film star
• 金星jīn xīnggold star; stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc)
• 赖昌星Lài Chāng xīngLai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and…
• 五星wǔ xīngthe five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
• 五星级wǔ xīng jífive-star (hotel)
• 繁星fán xīngmany stars; a vast sky full of stars
• 新星xīn xīng(astronomy) nova; (fig.) new star; rising star
• 五星红旗wǔ xīng hóng qífive-starred red flag (PRC national flag)

Characters built on 生

These share the phonetic component 生 (shēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 性xìngnature; character; property
• 姓xìngfamily name; surname; to be surnamed ...
• 旌jīngbanner; make manifest

Characters that look like 星

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure
• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
• 览lǎnto look at; to view; to read
• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 昱yùbright light
• 笈jítrunks (for books)

Sounds the same

Read xīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 腥fishy (smell)
• 兴to rise; to flourish; to become popular
• 惺(literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken; (literary) astute; sharp-witted
• 猩ape
• 煋(literary) (of a fire) fierce; intense; blazing; (literary) to radiate light in all…
• 骍horse (or cattle) of reddish color; bay horse
• 㽮old variant of 星
• 曐old variant of 星
• 皨old variant of 星