发射台 (fāshètái): launch pad

Measure Word

一个发射台 gè

Meanings

1 launch pad
2 launching platform
3 launch site

Characters

发

fā

to send out / to emit / to launch

射

shè

to shoot / to fire / to emit

台

tái

platform / stage / stand

Examples

HSK 2

这座发射台已经使用了几十年。

Zhè zuò fāshètái yǐjīng shǐyòng le jǐshí nián.

This launch pad has been in use for decades.

HSK 7-9

火箭在发射台上矗立了三天，等待倒计时。

Huǒjiàn zài fāshètái shàng chùlì le sān tiān, děngdài dàojìshí.

The rocket stood on the launch pad for three days, awaiting the countdown.

Tips

memory

发射 = to launch / fire, 台 = platform / stage - a launch pad is literally a 'launching platform.'

Stroke Order

发 fā

射 shè

台 tái

Related Words

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发射器 fāshèqì #8,839

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发动 fādòng HSK 3 #3,417

to launch / to start / to mobilize

站台 zhàntái HSK 6 #8,845

platform (at a train station) / railway platform

发布会 fābùhuì HSK 7-9 #6,894

press conference / launch event / release conference

发起 fāqǐ HSK 6 #6,926

to initiate; to launch; to start / to sponsor; to propose

发生 fāshēng HSK 3 #184

to happen / to occur / to take place

上台 shàngtái HSK 6 #4,089

to go on stage; to mount a platform / to come to power; to take office

台上 táishàng HSK 4 #2,615

on stage; on the platform

发烧 fāshāo HSK 4 #5,839

to have a fever / to run a temperature