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星球

xīngqiú

planet; celestial body

HSK 9 · Topic “Sky, weather and light”
A person looking through a telescope at a planet in the night sky.
Memory picture

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

球 qiú

Strokes
11
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
王 king, ruler 求 to seek
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 人类探索其他星球，不只是为了好奇，也是在反思自身文明的脆弱。 Rénlèi tànsuǒ qítā xīngqiú, bú zhǐ shì wèile hàoqí, yě shì zài fǎnsī zìshēn wénmíng de cuìruò. Humanity explores other planets not merely out of curiosity, but also as a way to reflect on the fragility of our own civilisation.
  • 科学家认为这颗星球上可能存在水。 Kēxuéjiā rènwéi zhè kē xīngqiú shàng kěnéng cúnzài shuǐ. Scientists believe there may be water on this planet.
  • 他从小就梦想着飞到别的星球上去。 Tā cóngxiǎo jiù mèngxiǎngzhe fēi dào bié de xīngqiú shàng qù. Since childhood he has dreamed of flying to another planet.

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