土星

Tǔxīng

noun #23,128

Meanings

1 Saturn (the planet)

Characters

earth; soil; land

star; planet; celestial body

Examples

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

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