| 天问一号 |
Tiān wèn Yī hào |
Tianwen-1, Chinese mission to put a robotic rover on Mars launched in 2020 |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天问 |
Tiān wèn |
Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原 / Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem |
| 问 |
wèn |
to ask; to inquire |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 一号 |
yī hào |
first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) |
| 号 |
háo |
(bound form) to wail; to howl |
| 号 |
hào |
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 国号, 年号, 辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items |