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Chinese symbol for “gps”

全球定位系统
quán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒng
Traditional: 全球定位系統
GPS (Global Positioning System)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gps is 全球定位系统 (quán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒng), defined as: GPS (Global Positioning System).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

全 quán
whole, entire, complete; to preserve
radical 11 ⼊ · 6 strokes
球 qiú
ball, globe, sphere; round
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes
定 dìng
to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
系 xì
system; line, link, connection
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes
统 tǒng
to govern, to command; to gather, to unite
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “gps”

WordPinyinMeaning
全球位置测定系统 (全球位置測定系統)quán qiú wèi zhì cè dìng xì tǒngGPS (Global Positioning System)
环球定位系统 (環球定位系統)huán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒngGPS (Global Positioning System)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 全球定位系统.

WordPinyinMeaning
全国 (全國)quán guówhole nation; nationwide
安全ān quánsafe; secure; safety; security
完全wán quáncomplete; whole; totally; entirely
全球quán qiúthe whole world; worldwide; global
全部quán bùwhole; all
全面quán miànall-around; comprehensive
足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
地球dì qiúthe earth
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
系统 (系統)xì tǒngsystem; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “gps”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.