观测 (觀測)
guān cè
Pinyin

Definition

观测 (觀測)
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guān cè
  1. to observe
  2. to survey
  3. observation (scientific etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

围观
wéi guān
  1. 1 to stand in a circle and watch
乐观
lè guān
  1. 1 optimistic
  2. 2 hopeful
测
cè
  1. 1 to survey
  2. 2 to measure
  3. 3 to conjecture
测试
cè shì
  1. 1 to test (machinery etc)
  2. 2 to test (students)
  3. 3 test
  4. 4 quiz
  5. 5 exam
  6. 6 beta (software)
观察
guān chá
  1. 1 to observe
  2. 2 to watch
  3. 3 to survey
  4. 4 to examine
  5. 5 observation
  6. 6 view
  7. 7 perspective
  8. 8 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
  1. 1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
动见观瞻
dòng jiàn guān zhān
  1. 1 to be watched closely (idiom)
叹为观止
tàn wéi guān zhǐ
  1. 1 (idiom) to gasp in amazement
  2. 2 to acclaim as the peak of perfection
坐井观天
zuò jǐng guān tiān
  1. 1 lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
坐山观虎斗
zuò shān guān hǔ dòu
  1. 1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
  2. 2 watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)

Sample Sentences

但这并不表示水星上没有水，1991年科学家在水星的北极地区观测到一个亮点，科学家推测那是水星地表的冰反射阳光形成的。
dàn zhè bìng bù biǎoshì Shuǐxīng shàng méiyǒu shuǐ ，yījiǔjiǔyī nián kēxuéjiā zài Shuǐxīng de běijí dìqū guāncè dào yīgē liàngdiǎn ，kēxuéjiā tuīcè nà shì Shuǐxīng dìbiǎo de bīng fǎnshè yángguāng xíngchéng de 。
But this doesn't mean that there is no water on Mercury. In 1991, Scientists observed a bright spot in the North pole area, which is conjectured that it is the reflection of sunlight from the ice on Mercury's surface.
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不必担心，继2015年9月透过两台激光干涉引力波观测站测量到重力波后，2016年物理学家第二次测量到重力波，再次证实了爱因斯坦一百年前提出的广义相对论，这下老先生可以瞑目咯。
búbì dānxīn ，jì 2015 nián jiǔyuè tòuguò liǎng tái jīguāng gānshè yǐnlìbō guāncèzhàn cèliàng dào zhònglìbō hòu ，2016 nián wùlǐxuéjiā dì èr cì cèliàng dào zhònglìbō ，zàicì zhèngshí le Àiyīnsītǎn yībǎi nián qián tíchū de guǎngyì xiāngduìlùn ，zhèxià lǎoxiānsheng kěyǐ míngmù lo 。
You shouldn't worry, continuing on from when in September of 2015, gravitational waves were detected by two laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatories, in 2016, physicists detected gravitational waves for the second time, again confirming Einstein's theory of general relatively, proposed one hundred years ago. Now I can die without regret.
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