星 (xīng) means Star (small amount). Below are 24 of the 42 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
天上有几颗 星 星 。
Tiān shàng yǒu jǐ kē xīngxing.
There are a few stars in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 颗
天上有无数颗 星 星 。
Tiān shàng yǒu wúshù kē xīngxing.
There are countless stars in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 无数
卫 星 将于下月发射。
Wèixīng jiāng yú xià yuè fāshè.
The satellite will be launched next month.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发射
天上的 星 星 在闪烁。
Tiān shang de xīngxing zài shǎnshuò.
The stars are twinkling in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 闪烁
很多人喜欢这个明 星 。
Hěn duō rén xǐhuan zhège míngxīng.
Many people like this celebrity.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 明星
天空飘着零 星 的雪花。
Tiānkōng piāozhe língxīng de xuěhuā.
Scattered snowflakes drifted in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 零星
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From the graded readers
星 期六早上，我想去运动。
xīngqīliù zǎoshang, wǒ xiǎng qù yùndòng.
On Saturday morning I wanted to exercise.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
上个 星 期，我的手机丢了。
shànggexīngqī, wǒ de(possessive) shǒujī diū le / liǎo / liào.
Last week I lost my phone.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
朋友说我坚持不了一个 星 期。
péngyou shuō wǒ jiānchí bùliǎo yīgè xīngqī.
A friend said I wouldn't keep it up for a week.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
星 期六上午，我和妈妈去商店。
xīngqīliù shàngwǔ, wǒ hé māma qù shāngdiàn.
On Saturday morning my mum and I went to the shops.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
上个 星 期五是我们的结婚纪念日。
shànggexīngqī wǔ shì wǒmende jiéhūn jìniànrì.
Last Friday was our wedding anniversary.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
上个 星 期天，我们本来要去公园玩。
shànggexīngqī tiān, wǒmen běnlái yāo qù gōngyuán wán / wàn.
Last Sunday we were supposed to go and play in the park.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
上个 星 期，我在网上买了一件大衣。
shànggexīngqī, wǒ zài wǎngshàng mǎile yíjiàn dà yī / yì.
Last week I bought a coat online.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
星 期天我们一起去买东西，一起吃饭。
xīngqītīan wǒmen yìqǐ qù mǎi dōngxī, yìqǐ chīfàn.
On Sundays we go shopping and eat together.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
星 期六下午，妈妈让我去超市买东西。
xīngqīliù xiàwǔ, māma ràng wǒ qù chāo shì mǎi dōngxī.
On Saturday afternoon mum asked me to go to the supermarket.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
为了这次面试，我准备了整整一个 星 期。
wèile zhècì miàn shì, wǒ zhǔnbèi le / liǎo / liào zhěngzhěng yīgè xīngqī.
I'd prepared for a full week for it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
我忍了两个 星 期，最后决定上去说一说。
wǒ rěn le / liǎo / liào liǎng gè xīngqī, zuìhòu juédìng shàngqù shuō yī shuō.
I put up with it for two weeks and finally decided to go up and say something.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
From the travel phrasebook
From the grammar library
星 appears in 42 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 星
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 星
How is 星 used in a sentence?
This page shows 42 sentences using 星 (xīng, "Star (small amount)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 星 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 星 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 星?
The dictionary page for 星 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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