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卫星

wèixīng

satellite

HSK 5 · Topic “Materials and energy”
A spacecraft orbiting a planet
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Characters in this word

星 xīng

Strokes
9
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
日 sun 生 life, lifetime
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 星

Example phrases

  • 卫星在天上。 Wèixīng zài tiānshang. The satellite is in the sky.
  • 中国发卫星。 Zhōngguó fā wèixīng. China launches a satellite.
  • 我们看卫星。 Wǒmen kàn wèixīng. We look at the satellite.

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