天线宝宝

天線寶寶
TiānxiànBǎobǎo
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Teletubbies (British preschool series)

Examples

Tiānxiàn Bǎobǎo de yánsè hěn xiānyàn.
The Teletubbies' colours are very bright.
Tā gěi bǎobǎo kàn Tiānxiàn Bǎobǎo.
He plays Teletubbies for the baby.

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), (Po).

Stroke Order

tiān
线 xiàn
bǎo