基站

jīzhàn

noun #34,705

Measure Word

一座基站 zuò

Meanings

1 base station (cell tower; radio base station)

Characters

base; foundation

Examples

这片山区还没有通信基站。

Zhè piàn shānqū hái méiyǒu tōngxìn jīzhàn.

There are no telecom base stations in this mountainous area yet.

5G 基站的密度比 4G 高很多。

5G jīzhàn de mìdù bǐ 4G gāo hěn duō.

5G base stations are much denser than 4G ones.

Tips

usage

基站 is the everyday Chinese for 'cell tower / cell site'. It also covers the wider radio sense (e.g. air-traffic 基站, 对讲机基站). When people complain about poor signal in a building, they usually say 基站离得远 ('the cell tower is far away').

Stroke Order

基 jī

站 zhàn