| 北斗卫星导航系统 |
Běi Dǒu Wèi xīng Dǎo háng Xì tǒng |
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS) |
| 北 |
běi |
north / (classical) to be defeated |
| 北斗 |
Běi dǒu |
Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 斗 |
Dǒu |
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星 |
| 斗 |
dǒu |
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石 / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡 |
| 斗 |
dòu |
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together |
| 斗 |
dòu |
variant of 斗 |
| 斗 |
dòu |
variant of 斗 |
| 斗 |
dòu |
variant of 斗 |
| 卫 |
Wèi |
surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces |
| 卫 |
wèi |
to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 卫生间, toilet |
| 卫星 |
wèi xīng |
satellite / moon / CL:颗 |
| 卫星导航 |
wèi xīng dǎo háng |
satellite navigation / sat-nav |
| 卫星导航系统 |
wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng |
satellite navigation system / sat-nav |
| 星 |
xīng |
star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount |
| 导 |
dǎo |
to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct |
| 导航 |
dǎo háng |
(lit. and fig.) to navigate |
| 航 |
háng |
boat / ship / craft / to navigate / to sail / to fly |
| 系 |
xì |
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) |
| 系 |
xì |
system / department / faculty |
| 系 |
jì |
to tie / to fasten / to button up |
| 系 |
xì |
to connect / to arrest / to worry |
| 系统 |
xì tǒng |
system / CL:个 |
| 统 |
tǒng |
to gather / to unite / to unify / whole |