银河系

銀河系

Yínhéxì

noun #11,715

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 shùqiānyì 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 yì tiáo xuánbì 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