宇航局

yǔhángjú

noun #17,597

Meanings

Literally "space-navigation-bureau."

HSK 5

美国宇航局发射了一颗新卫星。

Měiguó Yǔhángjú fāshè le yī kē xīn wèixīng.

NASA launched a new satellite.

HSK 6

中国的宇航局在太空探索方面取得了巨大进步。

Zhōngguó de yǔhángjú zài tàikōng tànsuǒ fāngmiàn qǔdé le jùdà jìnbù.

China's space agency has made great progress in space exploration.

usage

NASA is called 美国宇航局 or abbreviated 美宇航局. China's space agency is officially called 国家航天局 (CNSA), not 宇航局, though 宇航局 is used colloquially.

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