明星
HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 5
明星 (míngxīng) · star
明星 (míngxīng) means “star; celebrity”. It is written with 2 characters: 明 (bright) + 星 (star). It is an HSK 2 word in the 2021 standard.
How 明星 is built
The characters
明 míng · bright
What 明 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: The light of the sun 日 and moon 月 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
星 xīng · star
What 星 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 生shēng — life
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 日 gives the meaning, 生 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
她是一个电影明星。Tā shì yī ge diànyǐng míngxīng.She is a movie star.
你喜欢哪个明星？Nǐ xǐhuan nǎge míngxīng?Which celebrity do you like?
Questions about 明星
What does 明星 mean?
明星 (míngxīng) means “star; celebrity”.
How do you pronounce 明星?
明星 is pronounced míngxīng.
Which HSK level is 明星?
明星 is in HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 明白míngbaito understand
- 明年míngniánnext year
- 明天míngtiāntomorrow
- 说明shuōmíngto explain
- 表明biǎomíngto show
- 发明fāmíngto invent
- 光明guāngmíngbright
- 明确míngquèclear
- 明显míngxiǎnobvious
- 声明shēngmíngstatement
Learn 明星 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 71: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.