HSK 6 · Science

导弹 dǎodàn “guided missile” in Chinese

Traditional 導彈

What 导弹 means

  1. guided missile

Measure word 枚 méi · 一枚导弹 yì méi dǎodàn

How to say 导弹

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale导dǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale弹dàn4th tone, falling

导弹 in a sentence

  1. 博物馆里展出了一枚旧导弹。

    Bówùguǎn lǐ zhǎnchū le yì méi jiù dǎodàn.

    An old missile is on display in the museum.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他是研究导弹的科学家。

    Tā shì yánjiū dǎodàn de kēxuéjiā.

    He’s a scientist who researches missiles.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 导弹 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 导 (dǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
导dǎoto transmit
  • 巳part of the character
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 弹 (dàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
弹dàncrossball
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 单single · chánSound part

弓 hints at the meaning (bow); 单 (chán) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàn.

How to write 导弹

导 6 strokes · 弹 11 strokes

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导弹 (dǎodàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 导弹 (dǎodàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 导弹

Words with 导

导游dǎoyóu · tour guide导致dǎozhì · to lead to指导zhǐdǎo · to guide辅导fǔdǎo · to give guidance导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)领导lǐngdǎo · leader倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate引导yǐndǎo · to guide主导zhǔdǎo · dominant导航dǎoháng · navigation

Words with 弹

弹钢琴tángāngqín · to play the piano弹性tánxìng · elasticity子弹zǐdàn · bullet

More words: Science & Technology

操作cāozuò · to operate测量cèliáng · to measure沉淀chéndiàn · to settle创新chuàngxīn · innovation登录dēnglù · to log in电源diànyuán · power supply地质dìzhì · geology放射fàngshè · to radiate

FAQs

导弹 (dǎodàn) means “guided missile”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǎodàn: dǎo with a 3rd tone, then dàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 导弹 is written 導彈. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 枚 (méi). For example, one guided missile is 一枚导弹 (yì méi dǎodàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daodan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 导弹 from the suggestions. Typing daodan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
导弹 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.