流星 Chinese English dictionary 流星 translate 流星 pinyin

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流星

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
流星 liúxīng	流星 \| 流星* \| *流星	meteor; shooting star / meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘｜流星锤)

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
流	流 \| 流* \| *流	10画水氵氺 + 6	liú	flow, circulate, drift; class	lau4	3411.3 EYIU


星	星 \| 星* \| *星	9画日 + 5	xīng	a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)	sing1	6010.4 AHQM

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
流星 liúxīng	流星 \| 流星* \| *流星	meteor; shooting star / meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘｜流星锤)


流 liú	流 \| 流* \| *流	to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade


星　xīng	星 \| 星* \| *星	star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount