瞭望哨 (liàowàngshào): lookout post; observation post

Measure Word

一个瞭望哨 gè

Meanings

1 lookout post; observation post
2 watchtower (military)

Characters

Examples

山顶上设有一个瞭望哨。

Shāndǐng shàng shè yǒu yī gè liàowàngshào.

There is a lookout post set up on the mountaintop.

士兵在瞭望哨上轮流值班。

Shìbīng zài liàowàngshào shàng lúnliú zhíbān.

The soldiers take turns on watch at the lookout post.

Tips

memory

瞭 (gaze far) + 望 (look) + 哨 (sentry post). The first two characters together mean 'to gaze into the distance' — exactly what a lookout does.

Stroke Order

瞭 liào

望 wàng

哨 shào

Related Words

瞭哨 liàoshào

to stand sentry / to keep watch (esp. from a high vantage) / to go on lookout duty

望塔 wàngtǎ #27,067

watchtower / lookout tower / observation tower

岗哨 gǎngshào #23,604

sentry post / guard post / lookout / sentinel

望诊 wàngzhěn

diagnosis by observation (TCM) / visual diagnosis

望 wàng HSK 7 #4,651

to hope; to expect / to gaze into the distance / reputation; prestige

欲望 yùwàng HSK 7 #3,606

desire / longing / appetite / lust

愿望 yuànwàng HSK 3 #2,858

wish; desire / aspiration; hope

绝望 juéwàng HSK 5 #2,785

to despair; to give up hope / desperate; hopeless / despair; desperation

期望 qīwàng HSK 5 #2,599

to have expectations; to hope for / expectation; hope

渴望 kěwàng HSK 5 #2,533

to thirst for; to long for; to yearn for / longing; craving