海卫

海衛
Hǎiwèi
noun #37,620

Meanings

  1. 1 moon of Neptune (used as prefix: 海卫一 = Triton, 海卫二 = Nereid)

Examples

Hǎiwèi yī shì Hǎiwángxīng zuì dà de wèixīng.
Triton (lit. 'Sea-Guard One') is Neptune's largest moon.
Tiānwénxuéjiā yǐjīng fāxiàn le shí jǐ kē hǎiwèi.
Astronomers have discovered more than a dozen moons of Neptune.

Tips

usage
海卫 is a naming prefix, not used as a standalone word. Chinese names moons by their host planet's first character + (wèi, 'guard/satellite') + a number: doesn't exist (the Moon is just ), but / = Phobos/Deimos, /// = Galilean moons, 海卫 = Triton.

Stroke Order

hǎi
wèi