雷达 léidá radar
(loanword) radar
How to remember 雷达: 雷 thunder + 达 to reach = radar.
Characters
How it is used
- Radar - a loanword transliteration - 雷达探测到飞机 (léidá tàncè dào fēijī) radar detected the aircraft.
- Phonetic loan from English 'radar'; also figurative: 上了某人的雷达 (to be on someone's radar).
- Concrete tech/military noun; the 雷/达 characters are chosen for sound, not meaning.
Example sentences
- 这艘船没有雷达装备。 Zhèsōu chuán méiyǒu léidá zhuāngbèi.The ship is not equipped with radar.