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Definitions

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

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Words Containing 星

反射星云
fǎn shè xīng yún

reflection nebula

小行星带
xiǎo xíng xīng dài

asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

恒星系
héng xīng xì

stellar system

仙女星系
xiān nǚ xīng xì

Andromeda galaxy M31

流星
liú xīng

meteor

木星
mù xīng

Jupiter (planet)

星宿海
xīng xiù hǎi

Xingxiuhai Basin in Qinghai, more than 4000m above sea level, featuring numerous lakes large and small

海王星
hǎi wáng xīng

Neptune (planet)

多星
duō xīng

starry

七星区
qī xīng qū

Qixing district of Guilin city 桂林市[guì lín shì], Guangxi

戴月披星
dài yuè pī xīng

see 披星戴月[pī xīng dài yuè]

笑星
xiào xīng

popular comedian

三星
sān xīng

Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan

星图
xīng tú

star atlas

星云表
xīng yún biǎo

catalog of stars and nebulae

星命家
xīng mìng jiā

astrologer (esp. Daoist)

歌星
gē xīng

singing star

星期天
xīng qī tiān

Sunday

上个星期
shàng gè xīng qī

last week

星相家
xīng xiàng jiā

astrologer

星罗棋布
xīng luó qí bù

scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place

启明星
qǐ míng xīng

(astronomy) Venus

喵星人
miāo xīng rén

cat (Internet slang)

灾星
zāi xīng

comet or supernova viewed as evil portent

火星
huǒ xīng

Mars (planet)

星期几
xīng qī jǐ

which day of the week

脉冲星
mài chōng xīng

pulsar (astronomy)

苄星青霉素
biàn xīng qīng méi sù

benzathine benzylpenicillin (aka benzathine penicillin G)

上星期
shàng xīng qī

last week

本星期
běn xīng qī

this week

李肇星
lǐ zhào xīng

Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister

太白星
tài bái xīng

Venus (planet)

双星
shuāng xīng

double star

列星
liè xīng

star alignment (in astrology)

两星期
liǎng xīng qī

fortnight

福星高照
fú xīng gāo zhào

lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign

星相
xīng xiàng

astrology and physiognomy

急如星火
jí rú xīng huǒ

lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action

流星雨
liú xīng yǔ

meteor shower

准星
zhǔn xīng

front sight (firearms)

星官
xīng guān

Chinese constellations

哈雷彗星
hā léi huì xīng

Halley's Comet

普列谢茨克卫星发射场
pǔ liè xiè cí kè wèi xīng fā shè chǎng

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

星洲日报
xīng zhōu rì bào

Sin Chew Daily, Malaysian newspaper

星系盘
xīng xì pán

galactic disc

童星
tóng xīng

child star

玫瑰星云
méi guī xīng yún

Rosette nebula NGC 2237

通讯卫星
tōng xùn wèi xīng

communications satellite

亮星云
liàng xīng yún

emission nebula

流量明星
liú liàng míng xīng

(neologism c. 2014) celebrity with a huge, devoted fan base

扁担星
biǎn dan xīng

Altair and its two adjacent stars

禄星
lù xīng

Star God of Rank and Affluence (Daoism)

灶神星
zào shén xīng

Vesta, an asteroid, second most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1807 by H.W. Olbers

猎户座大星云
liè hù zuò dà xīng yún

the Great Nebula in Orion M42

繁星
fán xīng

many stars

定盘星
dìng pán xīng

the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard

行星际
xíng xīng jì

interplanetary

披星戴月
pī xīng dài yuè

to travel or work through night and day

类星体
lèi xīng tǐ

quasar

卫星电视
wèi xīng diàn shì

satellite TV

联星
lián xīng

binary star

冼星海
xiǎn xīng hǎi

Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱[huáng hé dà hé chàng]

占星家
zhān xīng jiā

astrologer

上星
shàng xīng

to broadcast through satellite

侃星
kǎn xīng

chatterbox

红五星旗
hóng wǔ xīng qí

name of the flag of the People's Republic of China

陨星
yǔn xīng

meteorite

海星机场
hǎi xīng jī chǎng

nickname of Beijing Daxing International Airport 北京大興國際機場|北京大兴国际机场[běi jīng dà xīng guó jì jī chǎng], whose terminal building looks like a giant alien starfish

天煞孤星
tiān shà gū xīng

bane of others' existence

巨星
jù xīng

(astronomy) giant star

星岛
xīng dǎo

Sing Tao, Hong Kong media group and publisher of Sing Tao Daily 星島日報|星岛日报

星体
xīng tǐ

celestial body (planet, satellite etc)

星期
xīng qī

week

卫星导航系统
wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng

satellite navigation system

红星
hóng xīng

Hongxing district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang

五星红旗
wǔ xīng hóng qí

five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)

星星
xīng xing

(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky

智多星
zhì duō xīng

resourceful person

星名
xīng míng

star name

矮行星
ǎi xíng xīng

dwarf planet

猎户座流星雨
liè hù zuò liú xīng yǔ

Orionids

灿若繁星
càn ruò fán xīng

bright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent

星期六
xīng qī liù

Saturday

织女星
zhī nǚ xīng

Vega, brightest star in constellation Lyra 天琴星座

星冰乐
xīng bīng lè

Frappuccino

纳星
nà xīng

nanosatellite

新星
xīn xīng

nova (astronomy)

星球大战
xīng qiú dà zhàn

Star Wars

丧门星
sàng mén xīng

messenger of death

朴智星
piáo zhì xīng

Park Ji-sung (1981-), South Korean former footballer, played for Manchester United (2005-2012)

分星掰两
fēn xīng bāi liǎng

punctilious

发射星云
fā shè xīng yún

radiant nebula

北斗七星
běi dǒu qī xīng

(astronomy) Big Dipper

伴星
bàn xīng

companion (star)

三星乡
sān xīng xiāng

Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan

北斗卫星导航系统
běi dǒu wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng

BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)

茀星
fú xīng

comet (arch.)

鹰星云
yīng xīng yún

Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16

丽星噪鹛
lì xīng zào méi

(bird species of China) Bhutan laughingthrush (Trochalopteron imbricatum)

威斯康星州
wēi sī kāng xīng zhōu

Wisconsin, US state

星汉
xīng hàn

Milky Way

皮星
pí xīng

picosatellite

星期日
xīng qī rì

Sunday

星系
xīng xì

see 恆星系|恒星系[héng xīng xì]

火星人
huǒ xīng rén

Martian

卡乐星
kǎ lè xīng

Carl's Jr. (fast-food restaurant chain)

类地行星
lèi dì xíng xīng

terrestrial planet

星表
xīng biǎo

star catalog

星号
xīng hào

asterisk * (punct.)

克星
kè xīng

nemesis

魁星
kuí xīng

stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper

昴星团
mǎo xīng tuán

Pleiades M45

众星捧月
zhòng xīng pěng yuè

lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure

微星
wēi xīng

Micro-Star International (MSI), Taiwanese computer hardware company

海星
hǎi xīng

starfish

婚神星
hūn shén xīng

Juno, an asteroid

火星哥
huǒ xīng gē

nickname of American singer Bruno Mars

星空
xīng kōng

starry sky

全球卫星导航系统
quán qiú wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng

Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS

红超巨星
hóng chāo jù xīng

red supergiant (star)

占星师
zhān xīng shī

astrologer

五星
wǔ xīng

the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星

陆西星
lù xī xīng

Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), Ming Daoist author, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[fēng shén yǎn yì] is attributed, together with Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[xǔ zhòng lín]

鹰状星云
yīng zhuàng xīng yún

Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16

急于星火
jí yú xīng huǒ

see 急如星火[jí rú xīng huǒ]

星球
xīng qiú

celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc); heavenly body

扫把星
sào bǎ xīng

bearer of ill luck

变星
biàn xīng

variable star

星历
xīng lì

astronomic calendar

七姊妹星团
qī zǐ mèi xīng tuán

Pleiades M45

星驰
xīng chí

rapidly

外星
wài xīng

alien

观测卫星
guān cè wèi xīng

observation satellite

星岛日报
xīng dǎo rì bào

Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong newspaper

红星区
hóng xīng qū

Hongxing district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang

星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī

meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development

星光
xīng guāng

starlight

红巨星
hóng jù xīng

red giant (star)

流星赶月
liú xīng gǎn yuè

lit. a meteor catching up with the moon

星二代
xīng èr dài

children of celebrities

星象图
xīng xiàng tú

star chart

北斗星
běi dǒu xīng

the Big Dipper

星期二
xīng qī èr

Tuesday

惑星
huò xīng

planet

土星
tǔ xīng

Saturn (planet)

虚星
xū xīng

imaginary star (in astrology)

智神星
zhì shén xīng

Pallas, an asteroid, discovered in 1802 by H.W. Olbers

马蹄星云
mǎ tí xīng yún

Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17

纳卫星
nà wèi xīng

nanosatellite

星型网
xīng xíng wǎng

Star network

谈星
tán xīng

astrology

星子县
xīng zǐ xiàn

Xingzi county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

值星
zhí xīng

(of army officers) to be on duty for the week

火流星
huǒ liú xīng

(astronomy) bolide

星子
xīng zǐ

Xingzi county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

徐星
xú xīng

Xu Xing (1969-), Chinese palaeontologist

零零星星
líng líng xīng xīng

odd

星家
xīng jiā

astrologist (in former times)

娄星区
lóu xīng qū

Louxing district of Loudi city 婁底市|娄底市[lóu dǐ shì], Hunan

眼冒金星
yǎn mào jīn xīng

to see stars

气象卫星
qì xiàng wèi xīng

weather satellite

谷神星
gǔ shén xīng

Ceres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by G. Piazzi

大步流星
dà bù liú xīng

at a stride

恒星年
héng xīng nián

the sidereal year (astronomy)

七星瓢虫
qī xīng piáo chóng

seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)

火星快车
huǒ xīng kuài chē

Mars Express, a European Space Agency spacecraft launched in 2003

列克星顿
liè kè xīng dùn

Lexington, Massachusetts

老鹰星云
lǎo yīng xīng yún

Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16

恒星际
héng xīng jì

interstellar

暗星云
àn xīng yún

(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula

火星撞地球
huǒ xīng zhuàng dì qiú

clash that leaves both sides shattered

旋涡星系
xuán wō xīng xì

spiral galaxy

水星
shuǐ xīng

Mercury (planet)

天枢星
tiān shū xīng

alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper

占星
zhān xīng

to divine by astrology

星月
xīng yuè

the moon and the stars

救星
jiù xīng

savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor

冥王星
míng wáng xīng

Pluto (dwarf planet)

天星码头
tiān xīng mǎ tóu

Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong

星流霆击
xīng liú tíng jī

meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development

三合星
sān hé xīng

(astronomy) triple star system

日月五星
rì yuè wǔ xīng

sun, moon and the five visible planets

追星族
zhuī xīng zú

enthusiastic fan

星相图
xīng xiàng tú

star chart

天王星
tiān wáng xīng

Uranus (planet)

黑矮星
hēi ǎi xīng

black dwarf star

星象恶曜
xīng xiàng è yào

unlucky star (evil portent in astrology)

仙女座星系
xiān nǚ zuò xīng xì

Andromeda galaxy M31

寿星
shòu xīng

god of longevity

金星
jīn xīng

Venus (planet)

七星
qī xīng

Qixing district of Guilin city 桂林市[guì lín shì], Guangxi

一星半点
yī xīng bàn diǎn

just the tiniest bit

星曜
xīng yào

heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)

三叶星云
sān yè xīng yún

Trifid Nebula M20

矮星
ǎi xīng

dwarf star

汪星人
wāng xīng rén

dog (Internet slang)

周星驰
zhōu xīng chí

Stephen Chow (1962-), Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director, known for his mo lei tau 無厘頭|无厘头[wú lí tóu] movies

星相学
xīng xiàng xué

astrology

五角星
wǔ jiǎo xīng

pentagram

魁星阁
kuí xīng gé

temple to Kuixing, Daoist God of fate

星期三
xīng qī sān

Wednesday

星盘
xīng pán

(astronomy) astrolabe

星座
xīng zuò

constellation

影星
yǐng xīng

film star

彗星
huì xīng

comet

星际
xīng jì

interstellar

五星级
wǔ xīng jí

five-star (hotel)

星群
xīng qún

(astronomy) asterism

卫星图
wèi xīng tú

satellite photo

仙女座大星云
xiān nǚ zuò dà xīng yún

great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31

火星文
huǒ xīng wén

lit. Martian language

赖昌星
lài chāng xīng

Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008

星头啄木鸟
xīng tóu zhuó mù niǎo

(bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus)

星移斗转
xīng yí dǒu zhuǎn

lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved

蜘蛛星云
zhī zhū xīng yún

Tarantula Nebula

放卫星
fàng wèi xīng

to launch a satellite

两弹一星
liǎng dàn yī xīng

(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)

中子星
zhōng zǐ xīng

neutron star

昴宿星团
mǎo xiù xīng tuán

Pleiades M45

寥若晨星
liáo ruò chén xīng

rare as morning stars (idiom)

星星之火
xīng xing zhī huǒ

a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect

星团
xīng tuán

star cluster

卫星图像
wèi xīng tú xiàng

satellite photo

银河星云
yín hé xīng yún

galactic nebula

人造卫星
rén zào wèi xīng

artificial satellite

星巴克
xīng bā kè

Starbucks, US coffee shop chain

卫星城
wèi xīng chéng

\satellite\ town

蟹状星云
xiè zhuàng xīng yún

Crab Nebula

辰星
chén xīng

Mercury in traditional Chinese astronomy

占星学
zhān xīng xué

astrology

星宿
xīng xiù

constellation (arch., now 星座)

晨星
chén xīng

morning stars

众星拱辰
zhòng xīng gǒng chén

lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[běi chén] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure

卫星导航
wèi xīng dǎo háng

satellite navigation

天狼星
tiān láng xīng

Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座

荧惑星
yíng huò xīng

Mars in traditional Chinese astronomy

河外星系
hé wài xīng xì

extragalactic star system

星星之火,可以燎原
xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán

a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect

恒星
héng xīng

(fixed) star

星相师
xīng xiàng shī

astrologer

唾沫星子
tuò mò xīng zi

sputter

占星术
zhān xīng shù

astrology

星辰
xīng chén

stars

快步流星
kuài bù liú xīng

to walk quickly

马头星云
mǎ tóu xīng yún

the Horse's Head nebula

通信卫星
tōng xìn wèi xīng

communications satellite

星期四
xīng qī sì

Thursday

娄星
lóu xīng

Louxing district of Loudi city 婁底市|娄底市[lóu dǐ shì], Hunan

外星人
wài xīng rén

space alien; extraterrestrial

星相术
xīng xiàng shù

astrology

三星集团
sān xīng jí tuán

Samsung Group

安吉星
ān jí xīng

OnStar, communications system for motor vehicles featuring speech recognition, GPS navigation etc

天罡星
tiān gāng xīng

the Big Dipper

超新星剩余
chāo xīn xīng shèng yú

supernova residue (a type of nebula)

六角星
liù jiǎo xīng

six-pointed star

女星
nǚ xīng

female star

欧洲之星
ōu zhōu zhī xīng

Eurostar (train line)

小寿星
xiǎo shòu xīng

child whose birthday is being celebrated

大星芹
dà xīng qín

great masterwort (Astrantia major)

十二星座
shí èr xīng zuò

the twelve signs of the zodiac

亮星
liàng xīng

bright star

类木行星
lèi mù xíng xīng

Jovian planet

福星
fú xīng

mascot

星云
xīng yún

nebula

男星
nán xīng

male star

超新星
chāo xīn xīng

supernova

火德星君
huǒ dé xīng jūn

spirit of the planet Mars

斗转星移
dǒu zhuǎn xīng yí

lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved

星座运势
xīng zuò yùn shì

(Western-style) horoscope

牵牛星
qiān niú xīng

Altair (star)

梅西叶星表
méi xī yè xīng biǎo

Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

盼星星盼月亮
pàn xīng xīng pàn yuè liàng

to wish for the stars and the moon

星条旗
xīng tiáo qí

Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States

流星体
liú xīng tǐ

meteoroid

星期五
xīng qī wǔ

Friday

星象
xīng xiàng

aspect of the celestial bodies (used for navigation and astrology)

星斗
xīng dǒu

stars

大角星
dà jiǎo xīng

Arcturus (brightest star in the constellation Boötes 牧伕座|牧夫座[mù fū zuò])

主序星
zhǔ xù xīng

(astronomy) main-sequence star

卫星定位系统
wèi xīng dìng wèi xì tǒng

global positioning system (GPS)

明星
míng xīng

star

小行星
xiǎo xíng xīng

asteroid

孛星
bèi xīng

comet (arch.)

蓝巨星
lán jù xīng

blue giant star

威斯康星
wēi sī kāng xīng

Wisconsin, US state

满天繁星
mǎn tiān fán xīng

lit. whole sky, a multitude of stars

星期一
xīng qī yī

Monday

星级
xīng jí

star rating

星等
xīng děng

magnitude of a star

众星拱月
zhòng xīng gǒng yuè

see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhòng xīng pěng yuè]

礁湖星云
jiāo hú xīng yún

Lagoon Nebula M8

满天星
mǎn tiān xīng

Baby's Breath

仙女星座
xiān nǚ xīng zuò

Andromeda constellation (galaxy) M31

星际争霸
xīng jì zhēng bà

StarCraft (video game series)

丽星鹩鹛
lì xīng liáo méi

(bird species of China) spotted elachura (Elachura formosa)

三星堆
sān xīng duī

archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC

上星剧
shàng xīng jù

satellite television show

行星
xíng xīng

planet

文曲星
wén qǔ xīng

constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius

下个星期
xià gè xīng qī

next week

星术
xīng shù

astrology

红矮星
hóng ǎi xīng

red dwarf star

星相十足
xīng xiāng shí zú

(coll.) to look every bit the big star

追星
zhuī xīng

to idolize a celebrity

小星头啄木鸟
xiǎo xīng tóu zhuó mù niǎo

(bird species of China) Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)

球星
qiú xīng

sports star (ball sport)

脱星
tuō xīng

actress or actor known for having been photographed in the nude or for appearing in sexy scenes

谐星
xié xīng

popular comedian

棒旋星系
bàng xuán xīng xì

barred spiral galaxy

白矮星
bái ǎi xīng

white dwarf

卫星
wèi xīng

satellite

梅西耶星表
méi xī yē xīng biǎo

Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

茄二十八星瓢虫
qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng

28-spotted ladybird

扫帚星
sào zhou xīng

comet

弥漫星云
mí màn xīng yún

diffuse nebula

众星攒月
zhòng xīng cuán yuè

see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhòng xīng pěng yuè]

棕矮星
zōng ǎi xīng

brown dwarf star

零星
líng xīng

fragmentary

星鸦
xīng yā

(bird species of China) spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)

星际旅行
xīng jì lǚ xíng

Star Trek (US TV and film series)

旋涡星云
xuán wō xīng yún

spiral nebula

奎星
kuí xīng

Kuixing, the Great Bear, one of the 28 constellations

河外星云
hé wài xīng yún

extragalactic nebula

星火
xīng huǒ

spark

母星
mǔ xīng

(science fiction) home planet

北极星
běi jí xīng

North Star

下星期
xià xīng qī

next week

天琴星座
tiān qín xīng zuò

Lyra, constellation containing Vega 織女星|织女星[zhī nu:3 xīng]