土星

Tǔxīng

noun #23,128

Meanings

1 Saturn (the planet)

Characters

earth; soil; land

star; planet; celestial body

Examples

土星以其美丽的光环而闻名。

Tǔxīng yǐ qí měilì de guānghuán ér wénmíng.

Saturn is famous for its beautiful rings.

土星是太阳系中第二大行星。

Tǔxīng shì tàiyángxì zhōng dì èr dà xíngxīng.

Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system.

天文学家研究土星的卫星。

Tiānwénxuéjiā yánjiū Tǔxīng de wèixīng.

Astronomers study Saturn's moons.

Tips

memory

In Chinese cosmology, each planet was named after one of the five classical elements. 土 (earth/soil) corresponds to Saturn, which in Western astrology is associated with earth and material things — a nice cross-cultural alignment.

Stroke Order

土 tǔ

星 xīng