yín

common

Meaning of 银河

银河 means the Milky Way (the luminous band of stars visible across the night sky). Pronounced yín hé.

  • the Milky Way (the luminous band of stars visible across the night sky)

Definitions & Examples

Xià
 
men
tǎng
zài
cǎo
shàng
yǎng
wàng
yín
 

On summer nights, we lie on the grass looking up at the Milky Way.

Yín
yóu
shù
qiān
亿
héng
xīng
liàng
xīng
zhì
chéng
 

The Milky Way consists of hundreds of billions of stars and large amounts of interstellar matter.

rén
yín
chēng
wéi
tiān
 
rèn
wéi
shì
tiān
shàng
de
tiáo
liú
 

Ancient people called the Milky Way the Heavenly River, believing it was a river in the sky.