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卫星 wèixīng

卫星 wèixīng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 卫星 wèixīng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wèixīng | wei4 xing1
English translation
satellite
moon
CL:
>[kē]

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Traditional form

衛星

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng
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Etymology of 卫星 wèixīng

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Wèi

Explanation

Simplified from the cursive form of the traditional character wèi . Depicts feet ( zhǐ ) walking around, patrolling a street intersection ( háng ).

Positional decomposition

乛一

Number of Strokes

3
xīng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and shēng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

shēng

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

日生

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 卫星 wèixīng

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有些 yǒu xiē 卫星 wèixīng Néng 提供 tígōng 高分辨率 gāo fēn biàn lǜ de 摄影 shèyǐng 图像 tú xiàng .

There are satellites that supply high - resolution photography.

人造卫星 rén zào wèi xīng měi 48小时 xiǎoshí rào 地球 dìqiú 轨道 guǐdào 运行 yùnxíng 一周 yī zhōu .

The man - made satellite orbits the earth every 48 hours.

信号 xìnhào 通过 tōngguò 人造卫星 rén zào wèi xīng 链路 liàn lù 发出 fā chū

The signals are sent by satellite link.

人们 rén men duì 人造卫星 rén zào wèi xīng 送回地球 dìqiú de 图片 tú piàn 叹为观止 tàn wéi guān zhǐ

People were awestruck by the pictures the satellite sent back to earth.

相对 xiāngduì 地球表面而言 ér yán zhè 颗卫星位置 wèizhi 固定 gùdìng

The satellite remains in one spot relative to the earth's surface.

卫星 wèixīng Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 卫星 wèixīng and their own compounds.

卫星 wèixīng Compounds

See all 13 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 卫星 wèixīng in their composition.

  • Wèi
    • xīng
      • xǐng , xīng , xīng , xīng , děng , qíng , , , , , , ,
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