# 卫星 (wèixīng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 卫星 (wèixīng) means “satellite”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: satellite
- Pinyin: wèixīng (wei4 xing1)
- Traditional: 衛星
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6
- Measure word: 颗

## Examples

- 国家发射了一颗新的气象卫星。
  Guójiā fāshèle yì kē xīn de qìxiàng wèixīng.
  The country launched a new weather satellite.

## Characters

- 卫 (wèi): to guard; to protect
- 星 (xīng): star; heavenly body

https://hanziro.com/word/wei-xing-satellite/

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