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银河 (yín hé): Milky Way (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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银河 consists of 2 characters.

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Pinyinyín hé

MeaningMilky Way

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxnoun

Word银河

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 银河.

Words with 银

银行yín hángHSK 3
银行卡yín háng kǎHSK 3
银牌yín páiHSK 6
银幕yín mùHSK 7-9
水银shuǐ yín
银色yín sè
银锭yíndìng
银镯yínzhuó

Words with 河

黄河huáng héHSK 3
河流hé liúHSK 5
河畔hé pànHSK 7-9
运河yùn héHSK 7-9
汾河Fénhé
沂河Yí Hé
河北hé běi
河蚌hé bàng

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Example Sentences with 银河

xià夏

yè夜

kě可

yǐ以

kàn看

dào到

míng明

liàng亮

de的

yín银

hé河

。

On summer nights, you can see the bright Milky Way.

yín银

hé河

xì系

zhōng中

yǒu有

wú无

shù数

kē颗

xīng星

xīng

星

。

There are countless stars in the Milky Way galaxy.