天文台 (tiānwéntái): astronomical observatory

Measure Word

一座天文台 zuò

Meanings

1 astronomical observatory
2 observatory

Characters

writing / patterns / culture

台

tái

platform / station / tower

Examples

紫金山天文台是中国著名的天文台之一。

Zǐjīnshān Tiānwéntái shì Zhōngguó zhùmíng de tiānwéntái zhīyī.

The Purple Mountain Observatory is one of China's most famous observatories.

我们参观了山顶的天文台，用望远镜观测星空。

Wǒmen cānguān le shāndǐng de tiānwéntái, yòng wàngyuǎnjìng guāncè xīngkōng.

We visited the observatory on the mountaintop and observed the night sky with a telescope.

Tips

memory

天文 = astronomy (literally 'heavenly patterns'); 台 = platform/station. An observatory is literally a 'station for studying heaven's patterns.'

Stroke Order

天 tiān

文 wén

台 tái

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