Shooting star in Chinese (Mandarin): 流星 (liúxīng)
流星
liúxīng
shooting star
- Simplified
- 流星
- Traditional
- 流星
- Pinyin
- liúxīng
- Typed as
- liuxing
Use it in a sentence
看，天上有一颗流星！
看，天上有一顆流星！
Look, there is a shooting star in the sky!
The characters in 流星
流
To flow. 氵 (water) is on the left.
10 strokes
星
Star.
9 strokes
流星 is a "flowing star": a shooting star. Many people make a wish when they see one: 对着流星许愿 (xǔ yuàn).
More examples with 流星
我对着流星许了一个愿。
我對著流星許了一個願。
Wǒ duì zhe liúxīng xǔ le yí gè yuàn.
I made a wish on a shooting star.
流星一下子就不见了。
流星一下子就不見了。
Liúxīng yíxiàzi jiù bú jiàn le.
The shooting star disappeared in a flash.
How to write 流星 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
流 10 strokes
星 9 strokes
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