宇宙 meaning in English

yǔzhòu

universe; cosmos; space

HSK 7-9noun14 strokes

Meaning of 宇宙

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yǔzhòu
  1. universe; cosmos; space

宇宙 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

宇yǔ宙zhòu里lǐ有yǒu多duō少shǎo个gè星xīng系xì呀ya?
How many galaxies are there in the universe?
在zài宇yǔ宙zhòu中zhōng有yǒu很hěn多duō星xīng系xì。
There are many galaxies in the universe.
宇yǔ宙zhòu里lǐ是shì没méi有yǒu空kòng气qì的de。
There is no air in space.
数shù学xué是shì上shàng帝dì用yòng来lái创chuàng造zào宇yǔ宙zhòu的de语yǔ言yán。
Mathematics is the language that God used to create the universe.
在zài15世shì纪jì以yǐ前qián,人rén们men曾céng经jīng普pǔ遍biàn认rèn为wéi地dì球qiú位wèi于yú宇yǔ宙zhòu的de中zhōng心xīn。
Before the 15th century it was generally believed that the Earth was at the centre of the universe.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

宇 yǔ · building · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

宙 zhòu · space · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 宇宙.

宇航员yǔhángyuánastronaut
宇宙飞船yǔzhòufēichuánspaceship; spacecraft
庙宇miàoyǔtemple
宇航yǔhángspace flight
宇航局yǔhángjúspace agency

Questions about 宇宙

What does 宇宙 mean?

宇宙 (yǔzhòu) means "universe; cosmos; space" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 宇宙?

宇宙 is made of 2 characters: 宇 (6 strokes), 宙 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 宇宙 an HSK word?

Yes. 宇宙 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.