宇航服

yǔhángfú
noun #34,101

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 spacesuit
  2. 2 astronaut suit

Examples

Yǔhángyuán bìxū chuān yǔhángfú cái néng chū cāng.
Astronauts must wear spacesuits to go on a spacewalk.
Zhōngguó zìzhǔ yánzhì de yǔhángfú zhòngliàng hěn qīng.
The spacesuit independently developed by China is very light.

Tips

memory
宇航 (yǔháng) = space navigation, where = universe and = navigate. Add (clothing) and you have the suit for navigating space. Same root in 宇航员 (yǔhángyuán, astronaut).
culture
China's manned space program ( Shenzhou, 天宫 Tiangong) put 宇航服 in the news — most recently the new-generation 飞天 (Fēitiān, 'Skyward') suits used on Tiangong space station spacewalks.

Stroke Order

háng