天线 meaning in English

tiānxiàn

antenna; aerial; (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 天線12 strokes

Meaning of 天线

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tiānxiàn
  1. antenna; aerial
  2. (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people

天线 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè男nán人rén试shì着zhe安ān装zhuāng他tā自zì己jǐ的de天tiān线xiàn。
The man tried to install his own antenna.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

天 tiān · day · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

线 xiàn · thread · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 天线.

今天jīntiāntoday; the present time; now
明天míngtiāntomorrow
昨天zuótiānyesterday
天气tiānqìweather
白天báitiāndaytime; during the day
星期天xīngqītiānSunday
后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie
半天bàntiānhalf of the day; a long time
前天qiántiānthe day before yesterday
夏天xiàtiānsummer
春天chūntiānspring (season)
冬天dōngtiānwinter

Questions about 天线

What does 天线 mean?

天线 (tiānxiàn) means "antenna; aerial; (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 天线?

天线 is made of 2 characters: 天 (4 strokes), 线 (8 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 天线 an HSK word?

Yes. 天线 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 天线 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 天线 is written 天線.