滑翔伞 (huáxiángsǎn): paraglider

Measure Word

一个滑翔伞 gè

Meanings

1 paraglider
2 paragliding

Characters

Examples

他去阳朔玩滑翔伞。

Tā qù Yángshuò wán huáxiángsǎn.

He went paragliding in Yangshuo.

滑翔伞需要好天气才能飞。

Huáxiángsǎn xūyào hǎo tiānqì cái néng fēi.

Paragliding needs good weather to fly.

Tips

memory

滑 (glide) + 翔 (soar) + 伞 (umbrella/canopy) — literally a gliding-soaring canopy.

Stroke Order

滑 huá

翔 xiáng

伞 sǎn

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