导航

导航 dǎoháng

(lit. and fig.) to navigate†

导航 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體 導航 daohang

What 导航 means

  1. (lit. and fig.) to navigate†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 导航, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

导航 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

导
dǎo
Lead (guide - conduct)
航
háng
Boat (to sail - to fly)

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导航 in a sentence

手机导航把我们带错了路。
Shǒujī dǎoháng bǎ wǒmen dài cuò le lù.
The phone navigation took us the wrong way.
轮船靠卫星导航确定位置。
Lúnchuán kào wèixīng dǎoháng quèdìng wèizhì.
Ships determine their position by satellite navigation.

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Questions about 导航

What does 导航 mean in English?

导航 is pronounced dǎoháng and means (lit. and fig.) to navigate †.

How do you pronounce 导航?

导航 is dǎoháng in pinyin — written daohang without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 导航?

导航 is written with 2 characters: 导 (dǎo) Lead (guide - conduct), 航 (háng) Boat (to sail - to fly). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 导航 written in traditional Chinese?

導航. The simplified form 导航 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 導航 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced dǎoháng.

Is 导航 an HSK word?

Yes — 导航 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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