Chinese

明星

/miŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
celebrity; star (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 位 m c; 名 m c)
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese明 “bright; light; brilliant”
    • ideaChinese日 “Sun”
    • componentChinese囧 “patterned window; a clear and bright window; shining, brightness”
    • componentChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
    • componentChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
    • ideaChinese月 “moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)”
  • characterChinese星 “star (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c mn)”
    • soundChinese晶 “brilliant; glittering”
    • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
      • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”

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