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星 (sing1) — droplets; small particles of anything; very tiny in Cantonese

singˉ¹星
Mandarin Pinyin: xing1

Meaning of 星

noundroplets; small particles of anything; very tiny
nouna Chinese family name
nounto slap [粵]
nounname of one of the 28 constellations
nounmovie star
nounany heavenly body that shines; star; planet; satellite; any point of light at the sky
nounby night; nocturnal
nounan ancient percussion instrument
nounspark; sparks
noun(noun) 1. planet; 2. Sparks; 3. Celebrity; (slang) to slap (someone's face)

Example Sentences with 星

一個星期有七天。
There are seven days in a week.
ngoˏ₅我haaˍ₆下go˗₃個singˉ¹星keiˎ₄期zauˍ₆就faanˉ¹返hoengˉ¹香gongˊ²港laa˗₃啦。
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week.
晚上你可以看到頭上天空中的星辰
At night you can see stars in the sky above your head.
星期四如何?
How about Thursday?
gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日singˉ¹星keiˎ₄期geiˊ²幾？
What is the day (of today)?
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Words Containing 星

占星術zim1 sing1 seot6
astrology; a horoscope
星辰sing1 san4
star, stars
福星高照fuk1 sing1 gou1 ziu3
have good fortune; be prosperous
河外星雲ho4 ngoi6 sing1 wan4
an extragalactic nebula
衛星城wai6 sing1 sing4
satellite town; edge city; exurb | Note: Further out from the city centre than the suburbs.
星雲sing1 wan4
nebula
發光星雲faat3 gwong1 sing1 wan4
an emission nebula
星際之門sing1 zai3 zi1 mun4
stargate - a fictional alien device that enables interplanetary teleportation
雙子星座soeng1 zi2 sing1 zo6
Gemini
諧星haai4 sing1
comedian; a star (actor) who plays in comedies
觀測衛星gun1 cak1 wai6 sing1
observation satellite
下個星期haa6 go3 sing1 kei4
next week | Spoken syn.: 下個禮拜

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