What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 卫星 mean?

卫星 wèixīng

satellite (town or state)

Its characters

  1. 卫 wèi to guard
  2. 星 xīng star

In a sentence

这颗卫星每天绕地球转好几圈。 This satellite circles the Earth several times a day.

今天,中国把自己的卫星导航系统也叫作“北斗”。

From 天上的北斗 · What is BeiDou, China’s GPS?

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