银河系 (Yínhéxì): Milky Way Galaxy

Measure Word

一个银河系 gè

Meanings

1 Milky Way Galaxy
2 the Galaxy

Characters

Examples

银河系有数千亿颗恒星。

Yínhéxì yǒu shùqiān yì kē héngxīng.

The Milky Way has hundreds of billions of stars.

太阳系位于银河系的一条旋臂上。

Tàiyángxì wèiyú Yínhéxì de yìtiáo xuán bì shang.

The solar system is located on one of the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Tips

memory

银河 means 'Silver River' — the Chinese name for the Milky Way, and 系 means 'system'.

Stroke Order

银 yín

河 hé

系 xì

Related Words

银河 yínhé #8,948

the Milky Way; the Galaxy / Silver River (literary name for the Milky Way)

疑是银河落九天 yí shì Yínhé luò jiǔtiān

I suspect it is the Milky Way fallen from the ninth heaven / as if the galaxy itself were pouring down from the sky / (lit.) seems to be the Silver River falling from the nine heavens

星系 xīngxì #5,132

galaxy / star system

银行 yínháng HSK 2 #1,003

bank

银 yín HSK 3 #3,757

silver / relating to money or banking

银色 yínsè #7,349

silver (color) / silvery

系列 xìliè HSK 4 #2,908

series; set / lineup (of products)

系 xì HSK 3 #2,401

system; series / department; faculty (in a university) / to relate to; to be concerned with

河 hé HSK 2 #2,186

river

爱河 àihé #5,901

river of love / love (literary)