导航

導航
dǎoháng
noun HSK 7 #7,075

Meanings

  1. 1 navigation
  2. 2 GPS navigation

Characters

Literally 'guide the voyage.'

Examples

Dǎkāi dǎoháng, wǒ bú rènshi lù.
Turn on the GPS, I don't know the way.
Dǎoháng xiǎnshì hái yǒu sān gōnglǐ.
The GPS shows there are still three kilometers to go.

Tips

culture
In China, the dominant navigation apps are 地图 (Gāodé Dìtú, Amap) and 地图 (Bǎidù Dìtú, Baidu Maps), not Google Maps. 开导 or 打开导航 is what you say when asking someone to turn on GPS in the car.

In Pop Culture

北斗导航 Běidǒu Dǎoháng
BeiDou Navigation
China's satellite navigation system, rival to GPS

Stroke Order

dǎo
háng