指 南 针

zhǐnánzhēn

“Compass” in Chinese is 指南针 (zhǐnánzhēn).

Meaning

compass

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 zhēnHSK 47 strokesneedle

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