Telescope in Chinese (Mandarin): 望远镜 (wàngyuǎnjìng)
望远镜
wàngyuǎnjìng
telescope
- Simplified
- 望远镜
- Traditional
- 望遠鏡
- Pinyin
- wàngyuǎnjìng
- Typed as
- wangyuanjing
Use it in a sentence
我用望远镜看月亮。
我用望遠鏡看月亮。
I use a telescope to look at the moon.
The characters in 望远镜
望
To gaze far. 月 (moon) is part of it.
11 strokes
远 / 遠
Far. 辶 (walking) is around it.
7 strokes
镜 / 鏡
Lens, mirror. 钅 (metal) is on the left.
16 strokes
望远镜 is a "far-gazing lens". The opposite tool, for tiny things, is 显微镜 (xiǎnwēijìng), a microscope.
More examples with 望远镜
用望远镜看星星。
用望遠鏡看星星。
Yòng wàngyuǎnjìng kàn xīngxing.
Look at the stars with a telescope.
爷爷有一个望远镜。
爺爺有一個望遠鏡。
Yéye yǒu yí gè wàngyuǎnjìng.
Grandpa has a telescope.
How to write 望远镜 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
望 11 strokes
远 7 strokes
镜 16 strokes
In Traditional characters:
遠 13 strokes
鏡 19 strokes
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