银河系 yínhéxì Milky Way Galaxy Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 银河 銀河 yínhé noun Milky Way The band of light seen in the night sky formed by stars in our galaxy; also called 天河 tiānhé, 星河 xīnghé, 银汉 yínhàn, 河汉 héhàn, or 云汉 yúnhàn.系 xì nounnumeral system (general) (bound form) a group of related things that form a whole; series; family