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There are 19 total results for your milky way search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

銀河


银河

see styles
yín hé
    yin2 he2
yin ho
 ginga
    ぎんが

More info & calligraphy:

Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way
(1) {astron} Milky Way; (2) {astron} galaxy; (female given name) Ginga

銀河系


银河系

see styles
yín hé xì
    yin2 he2 xi4
yin ho hsi
 gingakei / gingake
    ぎんがけい

More info & calligraphy:

Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way Galaxy; the galaxy (our galaxy)
(1) {astron} Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; (2) {astron} galactic system; galaxy

天河

see styles
tiān hé
    tian1 he2
t`ien ho
    tien ho
 tenga
    てんが
Milky Way; Tianhe District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
the Milky Way; (female given name) Tenga

天漢


天汉

see styles
tiān hàn
    tian1 han4
t`ien han
    tien han
 tenkan
    てんかん
the Milky Way
Milky Way

星河

see styles
 seiga; seika / sega; seka
    せいが; せいか
(rare) (See 天の川) Milky Way; (surname) Hoshikawa

星漢


星汉

see styles
xīng hàn
    xing1 han4
hsing han
Milky Way

河漢


河汉

see styles
hé hàn
    he2 han4
ho han
 kakan
    かかん
Milky Way
Han River

銀漢


银汉

see styles
yín hàn
    yin2 han4
yin han
 ginkan
    ぎんかん
Milky Way; also called 銀河|银河[Yin2 he2]
Milky Way

鵲橋


鹊桥

see styles
què qiáo
    que4 qiao2
ch`üeh ch`iao
    chüeh chiao
magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting

天の川

see styles
 tennokawa
    てんのかわ
(astron) Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (astron) Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy; (personal name) Tennokawa

天の河

see styles
 amanogawa
    あまのがわ
    amanokawa
    あまのかわ
(astron) Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (astron) Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy

天の川銀河

see styles
 amanogawaginga
    あまのがわぎんが
(exp,n) {astron} (See 銀河系・1) Milky Way galaxy

銀河鉄道の夜

see styles
 gingatetsudounoyoru / gingatetsudonoyoru
    ぎんがてつどうのよる
(work) Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa); Milky Way Railroad; (wk) Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa); Milky Way Railroad

ミルキーウェー

see styles
 mirukiiwee / mirukiwee
    ミルキーウェー
Milky Way

ミルキー・ウェー

see styles
 mirukii wee / miruki wee
    ミルキー・ウェー
Milky Way

Variations:
天の川(P)
天の河(P)

see styles
 amanogawa(p); amanokawa(ok)
    あまのがわ(P); あまのかわ(ok)
{astron} Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy

Variations:
ミルキーウェー
ミルキー・ウェー

see styles
 mirukiiwee; mirukii wee / mirukiwee; miruki wee
    ミルキーウェー; ミルキー・ウェー
Milky Way

Variations:
ミルキーウェー
ミルキーウエー
ミルキー・ウェー
ミルキー・ウエー

see styles
 mirukiiwee; mirukiiuee; mirukii wee; mirukii uee / mirukiwee; mirukiuee; miruki wee; miruki uee
    ミルキーウェー; ミルキーウエー; ミルキー・ウェー; ミルキー・ウエー
(See 天の川) Milky Way

Variations:
ミルキーウェイ
ミルキーウェー
ミルキーウエー
ミルキー・ウェイ
ミルキー・ウェー
ミルキー・ウエー

see styles
 mirukiiwei; mirukiiwee; mirukiiuee; mirukii wei; mirukii wee; mirukii uee / mirukiwe; mirukiwee; mirukiuee; miruki we; miruki wee; miruki uee
    ミルキーウェイ; ミルキーウェー; ミルキーウエー; ミルキー・ウェイ; ミルキー・ウェー; ミルキー・ウエー
(See 天の川) Milky Way

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 19 results for "milky way" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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