An artificial satellite will be launched tomorrow.
Sentence #6961294 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 卫星 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
卫wèito guard
卫 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
星xīngstar
日sun · rìMeaning part
生life · shēngSound part
日 hints at the meaning (sun); 生 (shēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xīng.
Memory aidSun 日, here a bright star, with 生 (shēng) for the sound: a star.
How to write 卫星
卫 3 strokes · 星 9 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 卫星 (wèixīng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
卫星 (wèixīng) means “satellite” or “(aerospace) satellite”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wèixīng: wèi with a 4th tone, then xīng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 卫星 is written 衛星. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 颗 (kē). For example, one satellite is 一颗卫星 (yì kē wèixīng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weixing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 卫星 from the suggestions. Typing weixing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
卫星 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
卫wèi4th tone, falling
星xīng1st tone, high and level
