环 球 定 位 系 统

huán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒngdictionary entry

GPS (Global Positioning System)

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Original source entry:

環球定位系統环球定位系统 [huan2 qiu2 ding4 wei4 xi4 tong3] /GPS (Global Positioning System)/

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Other forms in these source records: 環球定位系統

环
huán
ring / hoop / loop / (chain) link / classifier for scores in archery etc / to surround / to encircle / to hem in
Huán
surname Huan
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]
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
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
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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