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星

Mandarin · pinyin xīng

Meanings

  1. star
  2. heavenly body
  3. satellite
  4. small amount
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星
xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
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1 · xing1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

seng1 · sing1

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character · Etymology 1

  1. star (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c mn)
  2. planet; heavenly body
  3. star-shaped object
  4. particle; tiny bits and pieces
  5. star; celebrity; famous person; someone who is the subject of attention
  6. weight marks on a steelyard
  7. tiny; minute
  8. Star mansion (one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations)
  9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) numerous and scattered everywhere; countless
  10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) whitish; white
  11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) rapid; flying
  12. (dated or informal) short for 星加坡 (Xīngjiāpō, “Singapore”)
  13. (Cantonese) to slap someone in the face
  14. a surname, Xing
  15. synonym of 碰鈴 /碰铃 (pènglíng)

character · Etymology 2

  1. a surname in Hindi, सिंह (siṅh) or Punjabi, ਸਿੰਘ (siṅgh): Singh

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