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矮行星 (ai2 hang4 sing1) — dwarf planet — a celestial body which orbits round a star (e.g. the Sun in our Solar System), is not a satellite of a planet, but has not "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit. in Cantonese

aiˊ²矮hangˎ₄行singˉ¹星
Mandarin Pinyin: ai3 xing2 xing1

Meaning of 矮行星

noundwarf planet — a celestial body which orbits round a star (e.g. the Sun in our Solar System), is not a satellite of a planet, but has not "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit.
nounThe term "pluton" is also used, although strictly, it is a subset of "dwarf planet".

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Example Sentences with 矮行星

mingˎ₄冥wongˎ₄王singˉ¹星haiˍ₆係noiˏ₅矮haangˎ₄行singˉ¹星。
Pluto is a dwarf planet.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好ciˏ₅似noiˏ₅矮haangˎ₄行singˉ¹星。
It's like a dwarf planet.
jauˍ₆又jatˉ¹一ho˗₃顆noiˏ₅矮haangˎ₄行singˉ¹星。
Another dwarf planet.
noiˏ₅矮haangˎ₄行singˉ¹星fanˉ¹分leiˍ₆類。
Dwarf planet classification.
faat˗₃發jinˍ₆現noiˏ₅矮haangˎ₄行singˉ¹星。
Discovered a dwarf planet.
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Characters in 矮行星

矮ai2
short person; dwarf
行hang4 haang4
line; row
星sing1
droplets; small particles of anything; very tiny

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