指 南

zhǐnán

“To guide” in Chinese is 指南 (zhǐnán).

Meaning

to guide
guidebook

Example

指南针指向北边。

The compass points to the north.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zhǐHSK 39 strokesfinger nánHSK 19 strokessouth

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