Star in Chinese (Mandarin): 星星 (xīngxing)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 星星

• 星

  Star. 日 is on top, and 生 (shēng) below gives the sound.

  9 strokes

Say the second 星 short and light: xīng-xing. A planet is 行星 (xíngxīng).

More examples with 星星

• 天上有很多星星。

  Tiān shang yǒu hěn duō xīngxing.

  There are many stars in the sky.

• 星星一闪一闪的。

  星星一閃一閃的。

  Xīngxing yì shǎn yì shǎn de.

  The stars twinkle.

How to write 星星 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.