全 球 位 置 测 定 系 统

quán qiú wèi zhì cè dìng xì tǒngdictionary entry

GPS (Global Positioning System)

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

全球位置測定系統 全球位置测定系统 [quan2 qiu2 wei4 zhi4 ce4 ding4 xi4 tong3] /GPS (Global Positioning System)/

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Other forms in these source records: 全球位置測定系統

全
quán
all / whole / entire / every / complete
Quán
surname Quan
球
qiú
ball used for playing games (variant of 球[qiú]) / ball / sphere / globe / CL:個|个[gè] / ball game / match / CL:場|场[chǎng]
位
wèi
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
置
zhì
to install / to place / to put / to buy
测
cè
to survey / to measure / to conjecture
定
dìng
to fix / to set / to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to book (tickets etc) / to order (goods etc) / to congeal / to coagulate / (literary) definitely
系
xì
to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) / system / department / faculty / to arrest / to worry
jì
to tie / to fasten / to button up
统
tǒng
to gather / to unite / to unify / whole

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