摩羯座

Mójiézuò

noun

Meanings

1 Capricorn (zodiac sign)
2 the constellation Capricornus

Characters

seat; constellation

Examples

HSK 2

摩羯座的生日在冬天。

Mójiézuò de shēngrì zài dōngtiān.

Capricorn birthdays fall in winter.

HSK 5

她是典型的摩羯座，工作狂。

Tā shì diǎnxíng de Mójiézuò, gōngzuòkuáng.

She's a textbook Capricorn, a workaholic.

Tips

memory

摩羯 is a transliteration of Sanskrit 'makara' (a sea-creature in Indian myth) that Chinese astronomers recycled for Capricorn, the goat-fish.

Stroke Order

摩 mó

羯 jié

座 zuò