Star in Chinese
star (in the sky) · HSK 4
星星
- 星 star
Counted with 颗: 一颗星星
今晚天上有很多星星。 There are many stars in the sky tonight.
Other ways to say star
More words with 星
How do you say star in Chinese?
Star in Chinese is 星星 (xīng xing). You can also say 明星 (míng xīng), 主演 (zhǔ yǎn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.