HSK 6 · Science

雷达 léidá “radar” in Chinese

Traditional 雷達

What 雷达 means

  1. radar

How to say 雷达

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale雷léi2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale达dá2nd tone, rising

雷达 in a sentence

  1. 这艘船没有雷达装备。

    Zhè sōu chuán méiyǒu léidá zhuāngbèi.

    This ship isn’t equipped with radar.

    Sentence #471152 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 雷达 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 雷 (léi) with each of its parts in a different colour
雷léithunder
  • 雨rain · yǔ
  • 田field · tián
The character 达 (dá) with each of its parts in a different colour
达dáto attain
  • 大big · dàSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 大 (dà) hints at the sound. Compare it with dá.

How to write 雷达

雷 13 strokes · 达 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 雷达

Words with 雷

雷léi · thunder

Words with 达

表达biǎodá · to express达到dádào · to reach到达dàodá · to reach发达fādá · well-developed传达chuándá · to convey转达zhuǎndá · to pass on达成dáchéng · to reach (an agreement)抵达dǐdá · to arrive

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FAQs

雷达 (léidá) means “radar”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it léidá: léi with a 2nd tone, then dá with a 2nd 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, 雷达 is written 雷達. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type leida with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 雷达 from the suggestions. Typing leida into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
雷达 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.