The invention provides an embodiment of a terminal positioning method, which is applied to a terminal provided with a target application. After a target application positioning request is received, a positioning precision identifier corresponding to the target application is searched, the found positioning precision identifier is sent to a preset positioning module, a positioning result returned by the preset positioning module is further received, and a target application is returned, wherein the preset positioning module generates a positioning result according to a positioning algorism corresponding to the received positioning precision identifier. Thus, a corresponding relationship exists between the application and the positioning precision, a different application can correspond to a different positioning precision, the positioning module can generate a different positioning result according to a different positioning algorism, the positioning result has flexibility, the position privacy of the user can be protected, the user experience is good, and in addition, the invention also provides an embodiment of a terminal positioning device for ensuring the application and the realization of the above method in reality.