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制导 (zhì dǎo) — to guide and control (a missile, projectile, etc.)

Definition

Military/defense term for the guidance system that steers a missile or projectile to its target. Mostly appears in technical contexts like 制导系统 ('guidance system') or 精确制导 ('precision guidance').

verb
to guide and control (a missile, projectile, etc.)

Examples

  • 制导。
    Zhè zhǒng dǎo dàn cǎi yòng xiān jìn de guàn xìng zhì dǎo xì tǒng.
    This type of missile uses an advanced inertial guidance system.
  • 制导。
    Gōng chéng shī men zhèng zài cè shì xīn de zhì dǎo jì shù.
    The engineers are testing new guidance technologies.
  • 制导。
    Jīng què zhì dǎo shì yuǎn chéng dǎ jī de guān jiàn.
    Precise guidance is the key to long-range strikes.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

制zhìcontrol
导dǎoguide

制 means control and 导 means guide, so 制导 covers controlling and guiding a missile or projectile.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 導; 导 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
道
道dào導
Same sound today

The traditional form 導 pairs 道 (path) as the sound part with 寸 (hand), giving the sense of leading someone. The simplified 导 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

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Appears in
Military & DefenseTechnology & Engineering

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