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天文台

tiānwéntái
noun #21,707

Measure Word

一座天文台 zuò

Meanings

  1. 1 astronomical observatory
  2. 2 observatory

Examples

HSK 5
紫金山天文台是中国著名的天文台之一。
Zǐjīnshān Tiānwéntái shì Zhōngguó zhùmíng de tiānwéntái zhīyī.
The Purple Mountain Observatory is one of China's most famous observatories.
HSK 7-9
我们参观了山顶的天文台，用望远镜观测星空。
Wǒmen cānguān le shāndǐng de tiānwéntái, yòng wàngyuǎnjìng guāncè xīngkōng.
We visited the observatory on the mountaintop and observed the night sky with a telescope.

Tips

memory
天文 = astronomy (literally 'heavenly patterns'); 台 = platform/station. An observatory is literally a 'station for studying heaven's patterns.'

Stroke Order

天 tiān
文 wén
台 tái