běi
xīng

technical
common
name

Meaning of 北极星

北极星 means Polaris; the North Star. Pronounced běi jí xīng.

  • Polaris; the North Star

Definitions & Examples

Zài
wǎn
de
huāng
zhōng
 
zhě
kào
běi
xīng
zhǎo
dào
le
běi
fāng
 

In the wilderness at night, the lost person relied on the North Star to find north.

Běi
dǒu
xīng
hěn
róng
biàn
rèn
 
de
duān
liǎng
xīng
zhǐ
xiàng
běi
xīng
 

The Big Dipper is easy to recognize; its two end stars point towards Polaris.

Běi
xīng
de
wèi
zhì
duì
dǎo
háng
zhì
guān
zhòng
yào
 

The position of Polaris is crucial for navigation.

Yóu
suì
chà
 
shù
qiān
nián
qián
de
běi
xīng
bìng
shì
jīn
tiān
de
xiǎo
xióng
zuò
αα
xīng
 

Due to axial precession, the North Star thousands of years ago was not today's Alpha Ursae Minoris.

Zhè
xīng
bèi
chēng
wéi
běi
xīng
 
shì
yīn
wèi
wèi
qiú
zhuǎn
zhóu
de
zhèng
běi
fāng
 

This star is called the North Star because it is located almost directly above Earth's north rotational axis.

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