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宇航员

yǔ háng yuán · yu hang yuan

Traditional 宇航員

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. astronaut
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Dream job

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)小时候(xiǎoshíhou)的(de)梦想(mèngxiǎng)是(shì)当(dāng)宇航员(yǔhángyuán)。

    As a child my dream was to be an astronaut.

  2. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)？为什么(wèishénme)？

    Really? Why?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)看看(kànkan)月亮(yuèliang)上(shàng)有(yǒu)没有(méiyǒu)兔子(tùzi)。

    I wanted to see if there is a rabbit on the moon.

  4. Liangliang

    宇航员(yǔhángyuán)说(shuō)没有(méiyǒu)。

    Astronauts say there is none.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)当(dāng)宇航员(yǔhángyuán)也(yě)没用(méiyòng)了(le)？

    Then being an astronaut is useless?

  6. Liangliang

    有用(yǒuyòng)，你(nǐ)可以(kěyǐ)带(dài)一个(yīgè)火锅(huǒguō)上去(shàngqù)。

    It is useful. You can take a hot pot up there.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

宇(yǔ)航(háng)服(fú)保(bǎo)护(hù)宇(yǔ)航(háng)员(yuán)们(men)不(bú)会(huì)因(yīn)和(hé)微(wēi)小(xiǎo)宇(yǔ)宙(zhòu)尘(chén)埃(āi)碰(pèng)撞(zhuàng)而(ér)受(shòu)伤(shāng)。

Spacesuits protect astronauts from being injured from impacts of small bits of space dust.

Tatoeba: Chinese by lokria · English by Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

那(nà)名(míng)宇(yǔ)航(háng)员(yuán)在(zài)太(tài)空(kōng)站(zhàn)里(lǐ)工(gōng)作(zuò)了(le)六(liù)个(gè)月(yuè)。

That astronaut worked in the space station for six months.

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