| 星 | 626A30 41.11 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄒㄧㄥ [xing1] | ||
| N. | (1) A star, a heavenly body, a planet: 恆星 a fixed star; 行星 planet; 衛星 satellite; 慧星 comet; 流星，賊星 meteor; 水星 Mercury; 金星 Venus; 火星 Mars; 土星 Saturn; 海王星 Neptune; 天王星 the planet Uranus; 福星 lucky star; 壽星 person whose birthday is being celebrated, also god of longevity; 救星 savior (in any crisis); 星宿 [xing1xiu4]↓; comb. with 斗 (＝北斗 North Pole Star); 星移斗轉 passing of night; 斗換星移 passing of hours of the night, or of months; 物換星移 (LL) things change with the passing of years; 星迴 the stars come back to original position in one year; 寥如晨星 rare, scarce (“like stars in morning”); 披星戴月 make a starlight journey, work very late or start before dawn. (2) Prominent artist, actor or actress: 影星 movie star; 紅星，明星 popular actor or actress; 舞星，歌星 popular dancer, singer. (3) Sparks: 火星兒. (4) Marks on silver scales or steelyard indicating fractions of an ounce. (5) Tiny amount: 一星半點 ditto; 零星，零零星星 n. & adv., piecemeal, odd pieces; 零星交付 give out by small amounts, not by whole amount; | |||||
| Adv. | (1) Spread, scattered: 星散 scattered; 星羅棋布，星敷 spread out (“like stars and chess pieces”). (2) Under the starlight: 星夜奔喪 run home under starlight for funeral in “great haste”; 星發，星行 make a starlight journey; hence in great haste; 星速 immediately; 星馳 hurry off on journey. | |||||
| Words | 1. 星辰 [xing1chen2], n., stars collectively: 日月星辰 the sun, moon and the stars. 2. 星球 [xing1qiu2], n., a star or planet (considered as globe). 3. 星期 [xing1qi2], n., (1) a week: 星期日，一，二，三，四，五，六 Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; (2) Sunday: 今天是星期 or 星期日 today is Sunday. 4. 星島 [xing1dao3], n., another name for Singapore 星加坡. 5. 星斗 [xing1dou3], n., stars and constellations with reference to their course in sky. 6. 星漢 [xing1han4], n., the Milky Way. 7. 星河 [xing1he2], n., ditto. 8. 星火 [xing1huo3], n., a spark: 星火燎原 a spark causes a prairie fire－(fig.) spark of social or political revolution. 9. 星加坡 [xing1jia1po1], n., Singapore; see [xing1dao3]↑, [xing1zhou1]↓. 10. 星鮫 [xing1jiao1], n., (zoo.) a giant octopus, Mustellus manazo (also called 白沙). 11. 星洲 [xing1zhou1], n., name for Singapore. 12. 星主 [xing1zhu3], n., (MC coll.) upright prime minister or head of political group to pull country out of chaos. 13. 星曆 [xing1li4], n., map of stars in different seasons. 14. 星綠藻 [xing1lu4zao3], n., a tiny water plant, Zygnemaceae. 15. 星芒 [xing1mang2], n., pointed rays of star. 16. 星命 [xing1ming4], n., the star under which person is born. 17. 星散 [xing1san4], v.i., (of relatives, bandits, etc.) to scatter. 18. 星象 [xing1xiang4], n., astrology; 星象導航 navigation by stars. 19. 星星 [xing1xing1], (1) adj., tiny (white hair, etc.); (2) n., ([xing1xing0]) the stars. 20. 星宿 [xing1xiu4], n., (1) constellations: 十二星宿 the twelve constellations; (2) ([xing1su0]) a man's star controlling his luck. 21. 星形 [xing1xing2], n., (math.) star polygon. 22. 星霜 [xing1shuang1], n., the passing of years. 23. 星使 [xing1shi3], n., formerly, an emissary. 24. 星速 [xing1su4], adv., hurriedly, without delay. 25. 星彩 [xing1cai3], n., (min.) asterism (as in star sappire). 26. 星團 [xing1tuan2], n., (astron.) star clusters. 27. 星座 [xing1zuo4], n., constellation. 28. 星子 [xing1zi3] ([xing1zi0]), n., little bits; 油星子 spots of oil stain; 火星子 sparks; 唾沫星子 sprays from coughs. 29. 星眼 [xing1yan3], n., woman's clear eyes. 30. 星夜 [xing1ye4], adv., see Adv. 2↑. 31. 星翳 [xing1yi4], n., (med.) small opaque dots on the cornea, nebula. 32. 星魚 [xing1yU2], n., a starfish. 33. 星雲 [xing1yUn2], n., (astron.) nebula, -ae. | |||||