明星 míngxīng

HSK level

Traditional form

明星 míngxīng

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

明 Míng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

The character was originally a pictograph of the moon (月 yuè ) shining through a window (囧 jiǒng ). Traditionally (but incorrectly) explained that the sun (日 Rì ) and moon (月 yuè ) together are bright (明 Míng ).

Positional decomposition

⿰日月 rì yuè

Number of Strokes

星 xīng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 日 Rì represents the meaning and 生 shēng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

生 shēng

Semantic compound

日 Rì

Positional decomposition

⿱日生

Number of Strokes

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他 tā 冒充 màochōng 著 zhù 名 míng 电影 diànyǐng 明星 míngxīng 来 lái 骗 piàn 她 tā .

He deceived her by pretending to be a famous movie star.

为什么 má 韩国 Hán guó 明星 míngxīng 都 dōu 那么 nà me 帅 Shuài ? 都 dōu 做 zuò 过 Guò 整容 zhěng róng 手术 shǒushù 么 má ?

Why is Korea star so beautiful? Had become face - lifting operation?

搬 bān 去 qù 巴黎 Bā lí 磕 kē 点 diǎn 药 yào ,拉 lā 个 gè 明星 míngxīng 一起 yīqǐ 操 cāo .

I'll move to Paris, shoot some and fuck with the stars.

弗雷迪·摩 mó 克 kè 瑞 ruì 是 shì 英国 Yīng guó 硬 yìng 摇滚乐 yáo gǔn yuè 界 jiè 一颗耀眼 yàoyǎn 的 de 明星 míngxīng 。

Freddie Mercury was a flamboyant star of the British hard rock scene.

她 tā 总是 zǒngshì 魅力四射 mèi lì sì shè ，看上去 kàn shang qu 俨然 yǎn rán 一位明星 míngxīng 。

She was always glam. She looked like a star.

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 明星 míngxīng and their own compounds.

明 Míng

日 Rì , 月 yuè

星 xīng

生 shēng

一 yī , 牛 Niú

日 Rì

See all 20 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 明星 míngxīng in their composition.

明 Míng

盟 méng

萌 méng

奣 wěng , 奛, 朚, 焽, 琞

星 xīng

醒 xǐng , 猩 xīng , 腥 xīng , 惺 xīng , 戥 děng , 暒 qíng , 湦, 煋, 瑆, 篂, 謃, 鍟, 鯹

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