Chinese symbol for “observatory”
观象台
guān xiàng tái
Traditional: 觀象臺
observatory; observation platform
The closest CC-CEDICT match for observatory is 观象台 (guān xiàng tái), defined as: observatory; observation platform.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “observatory”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 观象台.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 观点 (觀點) | guān diǎn | point of view; viewpoint |
| 观众 (觀眾) | guān zhòng | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) |
| 观察 (觀察) | guān chá | to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 观看 (觀看) | guān kàn | to watch; to view |
| 观念 (觀念) | guān niàn | notion; thought |
| 客观 (客觀) | kè guān | objective; impartial |
| 现象 (現象) | xiàn xiàng | phenomenon; 个 (gè),种 (zhǒng) |
| 对象 (對象) | duì xiàng | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend |
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
See also: Japanese symbol for “observatory”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.