The Solar System in Chinese is actually very simple to learn! All the planets in Chinese are assigned an element to help you identify them. Chinese astronomy can be dated back to the Chinese Bronze age (2000 BC). In fact, the famous Chinese zodiac signs are correlated to the 11.85-year orbital period of Jupiter. ![]() Here are the names of the planets in Chinese: 太阳系 (tài yáng xì) – Solar System 太阳 (tài yang) – Sun 水星 (shuǐ xīng) – Mercury 金星 (jīn xīng) – Venus 地球 (dì qiú) – Earth 火星 (huǒ xīng) – Mars 木星 (mù xīng) – Jupiter 土星 (tǔ xīng) – Saturn 天王星 (tiān wáng xīng) – Uranus 海王星 (hǎi wáng xīng) – Neptune 冥王星 (míng wáng xīng) – Pluto |