河外星系

Mandarin · pinyin hé wài xīng xì

Meanings

  1. extragalactic star system
  2. galaxy (not including our Galaxy)
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河
hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
外
wài · out, outside, external; foreign
星
xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
系
xì · system; line, link, connection
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2–4–1–4 · he2 wai4 xing1 xi4

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ho4 ngoi6 sing1 hai6

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