北斗卫星导航系统 in English Bei3 Dou3 Wei4 xing1 Dao3 hang2 Xi4 tong3 Meaning

Meanings

  • BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)

Simplified Characters

北 斗 卫 星 导 航 系 统

Traditional Characters

北 斗 衛 星 導 航 系 統

Pinyin

Bei3 Dou3 Wei4 xing1 Dao3 hang2 Xi4 tong3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

北bei3north 斗dou4abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] 卫wei4surname Wei 星xing1star 导dao3to transmit 航hang2boat 系xi4to connect 统tong3to gather