流星 meaning in English

liúxīng

meteor; shooting star; meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤[liu2 xing1 chui2])

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Meaning of 流星

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

liúxīng
  1. meteor; shooting star
  2. meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤[liu2 xing1 chui2])

流星 in example sentences

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

明míng天tiān要yào看kàn流liú星xīng雨yǔ啊a!
Tomorrow we are going to see the meteor shower!
不bú要yào把bǎ流liú星xīng和hé小xiǎo行xíng星xīng搞gǎo混hùn了le。
Don't mix up comets and asteroids.
我wǒ刚gāng看kàn到dào一yī颗kē流liú星xīng。
I just saw a shooting star.

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流 liú · to flow · 10 strokes

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星 xīng · star · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 流星.

星期xīngqīweek; day of the week
星期天xīngqītiānSunday
星期日xīngqīrìSunday
明星míngxīngstar; celebrity
星星xīngxing(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky
流行liúxíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc)
流利liúlìfluent
交流jiāoliúto exchange; exchange
流传liúchuánto spread; to circulate; to hand down
潮流cháoliútide; current
卫星wèixīng(aerospace) satellite; (astronomy) satellite; moon
一流yīliútop quality; front ranking

Questions about 流星

What does 流星 mean?

流星 (liúxīng) means "meteor; shooting star; meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤[liu2 xing1 chui2])".

How do you write 流星?

流星 is made of 2 characters: 流 (10 strokes), 星 (9 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.