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行星

xíng xīng · xing xing

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Measure word: 颗 kē

Meaning

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  1. planet
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How many planets?

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，太阳系(tàiyángxì)有(yǒu)几个(jǐge)行星(xíngxīng)？

    Liangliang, how many planets are in the solar system?

  2. Liangliang

    八个(bāgè)。水星(shuǐxīng)、金星(jīnxīng)、地球(dìqiú)……

    Eight. Mercury, Venus, Earth...

  3. Dengdeng

    地球(dìqiú)也(yě)是(shì)行星(xíngxīng)吗(ma)？

    Is Earth a planet too?

  4. Liangliang

    是(shì)啊(a)，我们(wǒmen)就(jiù)住(zhù)在(zài)一个(yīgè)行星(xíngxīng)上(shàng)。

    Yes, we live on a planet.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)每天(měitiān)都(dōu)在(zài)太空(tàikōng)旅行(lǚxíng)！

    Then we travel through space every day!

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2 examples
01

当(dāng)我(wǒ)在(zài)你(nǐ)这(zhè)个(gè)年(nián)纪(jì)时(shí)，冥(míng)王(wáng)星(xīng)是(shì)行(xíng)星(xīng)。

When I was your age, Pluto was a planet.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

由(yóu)于(yú)轨(guǐ)道(dào)是(shì)椭(tuǒ)圆(yuán)形(xíng)的(de)，行(xíng)星(xīng)和(hé)太(tài)阳(yáng)之(zhī)间(jiān)的(de)距(jù)离(lí)不(bú)会(huì)总(zǒng)是(shì)相(xiāng)同(tóng)。

Since the orbits are elliptical, the planets do not always have the same distance from the Sun.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by Blair0113 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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