The compass points to the north.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
指南针
compass
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
compass
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 指南针 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 指南针 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Bring your compass along.
Tom doesn't know how to use a compass.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 指南针.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 指南针.
Directly before
- 的指南针1
- 使用指南针1
Directly after
- 指南针指向1
- 指南针的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 指南针
What does 指南针 mean in Chinese?
指南针 (zhǐnánzhēn) means compass.
How do you pronounce 指南针?
指南针 is pronounced zhǐnánzhēn.
Is 指南针 an HSK word?
指南针 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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