xún
tiān

common
technical

Meaning of 巡天

巡天 means to patrol the sky; to tour the heavens; to conduct a sky survey. Pronounced xún tiān.

  • to patrol the sky; to tour the heavens; to conduct a sky survey

Definitions & Examples

Xīn
de
xún
tiān
wàng
yuǎn
jìng
jiāng
sǎo
miáo
zhěng
nán
tiān
 

The new sky-survey telescope will scan the entire southern sky.

Wèi
xīng
zài
guǐ
dào
shàng
xún
tiān
áo
yóu
 

The satellite cruised and soared through the heavens in its orbit.

Zhè
xiàng
guāng
xué
xún
tiān
huà
xiàn
le
shù
qiān
xiǎo
xíng
xīng
 

This optical sky-survey program discovered thousands of asteroids.

Shī
rén
huàn
xiǎng
zhe
jià
xún
tiān
 

The poet imagined riding a crane to tour the heavens.