Spacesuits protect astronauts from being injured from impacts of small bits of space dust.
尘埃
dust
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Meaning and common use
dust
How 尘埃 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 尘埃 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 尘埃.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 尘埃.
Directly before
- 宇宙尘埃2
Directly after
- 尘埃碰撞1
- 尘埃被1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 尘埃
What does 尘埃 mean in Chinese?
尘埃 (chénāi) means dust.
How do you pronounce 尘埃?
尘埃 is pronounced chénāi.
Is 尘埃 an HSK word?
尘埃 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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