# 宇航员 (yǔhángyuán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 宇航员 (yǔhángyuán) means “astronaut; cosmonaut”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: astronaut; cosmonaut
- Pinyin: yǔhángyuán (yu3 hang2 yuan2)
- Traditional: 宇航員
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他的梦想是当一名宇航员。
  Tā de mèngxiǎng shì dāng yì míng yǔhángyuán.
  His dream is to become an astronaut.

## Characters

- 宇 (yǔ): room; universe
- 航 (háng): boat; ship
- [员](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-member/) (yuán): member; person working in a field

https://hanziro.com/word/yu-hang-yuan-astronaut/

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