衛星

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Noun [edit]

衛星 (hiragana えいせい, romaji eisei)

  1. (astronomy) satellite - an object orbiting a celestial object.
  2. artificial satellite

Compounds [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja in this word

Noun [edit]

衛星 (wiseong)

  1. Hanja form? of 위성, “satellite”.

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. 卫星
trad.

Etymology [edit]

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Noun [edit]

衛星 (traditional, Pinyin wèixīng, simplified 卫星)

  1. (astronomy) satellite
  2. man-made satellite