People show up bright on an infrared camera because of their body heat.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
红外线
infrared ray
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
infrared ray
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 红外线 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 红外线.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 红外线.
Directly before
- 在红外线1
- 看不见红外线1
Directly after
- 红外线摄影机1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 红外线
What does 红外线 mean in Chinese?
红外线 (hóngwàixiàn) means infrared ray.
How do you pronounce 红外线?
红外线 is pronounced hóngwàixiàn.
Is 红外线 an HSK word?
红外线 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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