南极光

南極光
nánjíguāng
noun #86,066

Meanings

  1. 1 southern lights
  2. 2 aurora australis

Examples

HSK 4
Zài Xīnxīlán nánbù, dōngtiān yǒushí néng kàndào nánjíguāng.
In the south of New Zealand you can sometimes see the southern lights in winter.
HSK 7-9
Nánjíguāng méiyǒu běijíguāng nàme yǒumíng, yīnwèi tā dàduō chūxiàn zài Nánjízhōu hé hǎiyáng shàngkōng.
The southern lights are less famous than the northern lights, because they mostly appear over Antarctica and the ocean.

Tips

memory
南极, the South Pole, plus 光, light. Its northern twin is 北极光, and both are kinds of 极光, aurora.

Stroke Order

南 nán
极 jí
光 guāng