How to Say ‘There are stars’ in Simplified Chinese
有星星
yǒu xīng xīng
[yoe xing xing]
💬 Usage Tip: 有 covers both "have" and "there is/are": put a place first, then 有, then the thing — 房间里有人 "There's someone in the room".
Phrase Breakdown
有
yǒu
[yoe]
to have; there is/are
Used to say that something or someone exists; here it helps ask whether the seat is taken.
这里有朋友在等你吗？
Is a friend waiting for you here?
星星
xīng xīng
[xing xing]
stars
Multiple celestial bodies that emit their own light, visible in a cluster at night.
星星在天空中闪烁。
The stars are twinkling in the sky.
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