"北斗" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 Běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
Results beginning with 北斗
 Běi dǒu xīng the Big Dipper / the Plow
 Běi dǒu zhèn Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
 běi dǒu qī xīng (astronomy) Big Dipper
 Běi Dǒu wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
Approximate Results for 北斗
 Tài shān Běi dǒu lit. Mount Tai and the North Star (idiom) / fig. an outstanding figure in one's field
 nán jī běi dǒu lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom) / fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
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