Astronaut in Chinese (Mandarin): 宇航员 (yǔhángyuán)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 宇航员

• 宇

  Space, the universe. 宀 (roof) is on top.

  6 strokes

• 航

  To sail or fly. 舟 (boat) is on the left.

  10 strokes

• 员 / 員

  Someone who does a job.

  7 strokes

宇航员 is a "space sailor". Chinese astronauts are also called 航天员 (hángtiānyuán).

More examples with 宇航员

• 宇航员在太空里飘。

  宇航員在太空裡飄。

  Yǔhángyuán zài tàikōng li piāo.

  The astronaut floats in space.

• 我想当宇航员。

  我想當宇航員。

  Wǒ xiǎng dāng yǔhángyuán.

  I want to be an astronaut.

How to write 宇航员 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.