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English translation
Mercury (planet)
Chinese characters:
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水星 ( shuixing / shuĭxīng ) is composed of these characters:
水 (shui)
, 星 (xing)
The traditional Chinese characters of shuĭxīng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 水星 ( shuixing / shuĭxīng ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication. If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ŏ, ù).
Shuixing bi diqiu geng jiejin taiyang.
Shuĭxīng bĭ dìqiú gèng jiējìn tàiyáng. – English translation: The planet Mercury is closer to the sun than Earth.