星云
xīng yún
Pinyin

Definition

星云
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xīng yún
  1. nebula

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 heavenly body
  3. 3 satellite
  4. 4 small amount
xīng zuò
  1. 1 constellation
  2. 2 astrological sign
  3. 3 CL:張|张[zhāng]
xīng xing
  1. 1 star in the sky
xīng qī
  1. 1 week
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 day of the week
  4. 4 Sunday
wǔ xīng
  1. 1 the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
wǔ xīng jí
  1. 1 five-star (hotel)
kè xīng
  1. 1 nemesis
  2. 2 bane
  3. 3 fated to be ill-matched
miāo xīng rén
  1. 1 cat (Internet slang)
shòu xīng
  1. 1 god of longevity
  2. 2 elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated
wài xīng rén
  1. 1 space alien
  2. 2 extraterrestrial
nu:3 xīng
  1. 1 female star
  2. 2 famous actress
jù xīng
  1. 1 (astronomy) giant star
  2. 2 (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc)
xīn xīng
  1. 1 nova (astronomy)
xīng guāng
  1. 1 starlight
Xīng bā kè
  1. 1 Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
Xīng qī yī
  1. 1 Monday
Xīng qī sān
  1. 1 Wednesday
Xīng qī èr
  1. 1 Tuesday

Idioms (12)

寥若晨星
liáo ruò chén xīng
  1. 1 rare as morning stars (idiom)
  2. 2 few and far between
  3. 3 sparse
急如星火
jí rú xīng huǒ
  1. 1 lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action
  2. 2 extremely urgent
星星之火
xīng xing zhī huǒ
  1. 1 a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
星星之火,可以燎原
xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán
  1. 1 a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī
  1. 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
  2. 2 portentous signs
星流霆击
xīng liú tíng jī
  1. 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
  2. 2 portentous signs
星罗棋布
xīng luó qí bù
  1. 1 scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
流星赶月
liú xīng gǎn yuè
  1. 1 lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
  2. 2 swift action (idiom)
灿若繁星
càn ruò fán xīng
  1. 1 bright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent
众星拱辰
zhòng xīng gǒng chén
  1. 1 lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Běi chén] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. 2 to group around a revered leader
众星捧月
zhòng xīng pěng yuè
  1. 1 lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. 2 to group around a revered leader
  3. 3 to revolve around sb
福星高照
fú xīng gāo zhào
  1. 1 lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign

Sample Sentences

今年的第九号台风大象台风已经形成,从卫星云图上,可以看到台风的中心位置在台北的东北东方,大约三百三十公里的海面上。
jīnnián de dì jiǔ hào táifēng dàxiàng táifēng yǐjīng xíngchéng ,cóng wèixīngyúntú shàng ,kěyǐ kàndào táifēng de zhōngxīn wèizhi zài Táiběi de dōngběidōng fāng ,dàyuē sānbǎi sānshí gōnglǐ de hǎimiàn shàng 。
The ninth typhoon of this year Typhoon Chan-hom has already taken form. As you can see from the satellite image of the cloud patterns, the typhoon's center is located east-northeast of Taipei, at around 330 kilometers out to sea.
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