卫
星

Satellite in Chinese: 卫星 (wèi xīng)

wèi xīng

satellite

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 衛星1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1satellite
  2. 2moon

Stroke order

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卫
星

Zhuyin

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ㄨㄟˋ

wèi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄥ

xīng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

卫星

Simplified

衛星

Traditional

Example sentences

See 卫星 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这颗卫星围着地球转。

    zhè kē wèi xīng wéi zhe dì qiú zhuǎn。

    This satellite orbits around the earth.

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Related words

星期

xīng qī

week

明星

míng xīng

star

星星

xīng xing

(coll.) a star

卫生

wèi shēng

health

保卫

bǎo wèi

to defend

歌星

gē xīng

singing star

球星

qiú xīng

sports star (ball sport)

影星

yǐng xīng

film star

防卫

fáng wèi

to defend

捍卫

hàn wèi

to defend

巨星

jù xīng

(astronomy) giant star

卫视

wèi shì

satellite TV (abbr. for 卫星电视)

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