Chinese Notes

卫星 (衛星) wèixīng

wèixīng noun satellite
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Astronomy
Notes: A body that orbits another larger body (CC-CEDICT '衛星'; Guoyu '衛星' 1)
wèixīng noun an artificial satellite
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Space Flight
Notes: In the sense of 人造卫星 (Guoyu '衛星' 2)
wèixīng noun a subsidiary body
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Such as a satellite office (Guoyu '衛星' 3)

观测卫星(觀測衛星) observation satellite
卫星图(衛星圖) satellite photo
普列谢茨克卫星发射场(普列謝茨克衛星發射場) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
人造卫星(人造衛星) artificial satellite
卫星城(衛星城) satellite town; edge city; exurb
通信卫星(通信衛星) communications satellite
北斗卫星导航系统(北斗衛星導航系統) Beidou navigation system
纳卫星(納衛星) nanosatellite
卫星电视台(衛星電視台) satellite television station
全球卫星导航系统(全球衛星導航系統) Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS
卫星导航(衛星導航) satellite navigation; sat-nav
气象卫星(氣象衛星) a weather satellite; a meteorological satellite
卫星电视(衛星電視) satellite TV
通讯卫星(通訊衛星) communications satellite
卫星图像(衛星圖像) satellite photo
卫星定位系统(衛星定位系統) global positioning system (GPS)
卫星导航系统(衛星導航系統) satellite navigation system

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