天线宝宝

天線寶寶

Tiānxiàn Bǎobǎo

proper noun

Meanings

1 Teletubbies (British preschool series)

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

他给宝宝看天线宝宝。

Tā gěi bǎobǎo kàn Tiānxiàn Bǎobǎo.

He plays Teletubbies for the baby.

HSK 5

天线宝宝的颜色很鲜艳。

Tiānxiàn Bǎobǎo de yánsè hěn xiānyàn.

The Teletubbies' colours are very bright.

Tips

memory

天线 'antenna' + 宝宝 'baby' - literally 'Antenna Babies', a semantic calque referring to the aerials on the characters' heads. The four are 丁丁 (Tinky Winky), 迪西 (Dipsy), 拉拉 (Laa-Laa), 小波 (Po).

Stroke Order

天 tiān

线 xiàn

宝 bǎo