红星

紅星
hóngxīng
noun #39,179

Meanings

  1. 1 red star (the communist emblem)
  2. 2 popular star; celebrity
  3. 3 Red Star (brand of erguotou liquor)

Examples

HSK 5
Yàoshuō Běijīng de èrguōtóu, zuì yǒumíng de jiùshì Hóngxīng.
When it comes to Beijing erguotou, the most famous is Red Star.
HSK 7-9
Hóngjūn zhànshì de màozi shàng dōu yǒu yì kē hóngxīng.
Red Army soldiers all wore a red star on their caps.
HSK 7-9
Tā shì shàngshìjì sānshí niándài Shànghǎi yǐngtán de yì kē hóngxīng.
She was a big star of the Shanghai film world in the 1930s.

Tips

usage
红 'red' also means 'popular', as in 走红 'to become popular' and 网红 'internet celebrity'. For a famous performer, 红星 sounds a little old-fashioned; today people usually say 明星.

In Pop Culture

红星照耀中国 Hóngxīng zhàoyào Zhōngguó
Red Star Over China
Edgar Snow's 1937 book on the Communists in northern Shaanxi, the first close Western portrait of 毛泽东. Its 1938 Chinese edition was titled 《西行漫记》.

Stroke Order

红 hóng
星 xīng