全球卫星导航系统

Traditional form:

全球衛星導航系統

Pinyin (reading):

quánqiúwèixīngdǎohángxìtǒng

Definitions:

• Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS
• abbr. to 格洛納斯／格洛纳斯

Characters:

• 全 - whole, entire, complete; to preserve
• 球 - ball, globe, sphere; round
• 卫 - to guard, to protect, to defend
• 星 - star, planet; a point of light
• 导 - to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct
• 航 - vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate
• 系 - system; line, link, connection
• 统 - to govern, to command; to gather, to unite

Traditional characters:

• 全 - whole, entire, complete; to preserve
• 球 - ball, globe, sphere; round
• 衛 - to guard, to protect, to defend
• 星 - star, planet; a point of light
• 導 - to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct
• 航 - vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate
• 系 - system; line, link, connection
• 統 - to govern, to command; to gather, to unite