天文学家 (tiānwénxuéjiā): astronomer

Measure Word

一位天文学家 wèi

Meanings

1 astronomer

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

天文学家发现了一颗新的系外行星。

Tiānwénxuéjiā fāxiàn le yī kē xīn de xìwài xíngxīng.

Astronomers discovered a new exoplanet.

HSK 7-9

哥白尼是历史上最伟大的天文学家之一。

Gēbáiní shì lìshǐ shàng zuì wěidà de tiānwénxuéjiā zhīyī.

Copernicus is one of the greatest astronomers in history.

Tips

memory

天文 (astronomy: sky + writing/patterns) + 学家 (expert/scholar) = someone who studies the patterns of the sky.

Stroke Order

天 tiān

文 wén

学 xué

家 jiā

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