經緯

經緯

Chinese

		classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	latitude
trad. (經緯)		經	緯
simp. (经纬)		经	纬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ wai⁵
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): keng-úi / kiⁿ-hūi / keng-hūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng¹ ui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingwěi
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-wei³
    • Yale: jīng-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingwoei
    • Palladius: цзинвэй (czinvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ wai⁵
    • Yale: gīng wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-úi
    • Tâi-lô: king-uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keng'uie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiⁿ-hūi
    • Tâi-lô: kinn-huī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvi'hui
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hui³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-hūi
    • Tâi-lô: king-huī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kenghui
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng¹ ui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keng úi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³³⁻²³ ui⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /keŋ|keŋ^H  ɦʉi^H/

Rime
Character	經	經	緯
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV	III
Fanqie	古靈切	古定切	于貴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keŋ/	/keŋH/	/ɦʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/keŋ/	/keŋH/	/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛŋ/	/kɛŋH/	/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjŋ/	/kɛjŋH/	/ɦujH/
Li Rong	/keŋ/	/keŋH/	/ɣiuəiH/
Wang Li	/kieŋ/	/kieŋH/	/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieŋ/	/kieŋH/	/we̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	jìng	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging1	ging3	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːŋ|keːŋs  ɢʷɯls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	經
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīng
Middle Chinese	‹ keng ›
Old Chinese	/*k-lˁeŋ/
English	loom; regulate; norm
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	經	經	緯
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	6799	6807	12833
Phonetic component	巠	巠	韋
Rime group	耕	耕	微
Rime subdivision	0	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	經	徑	胃
Old Chinese	/*keːŋ/	/*keːŋs/	/*ɢʷɯls/

Noun

經緯

1. (literally) warp and woof
2. (geography) lines of longitude and latitude; longitude and latitude
3. (cartography, painting) meridian and parallel lines
4. (figuratively) order; organisation; regularities

   • 夫晉國將守唐叔之所受法度，以經緯其民。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫晋国将守唐叔之所受法度，以经纬其民。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Fú Jìnguó jiāng shǒu Tángshū zhī suǒshòu fǎdù, yǐ jīngwěi qí mín. [Pinyin]

     Jin ought to keep the laws and rules which Tangshu received for the regulation of his/its people

Derived terms

沒了經緯／没了经纬 沒經緯／没经纬 經緯儀／经纬仪 (jīngwěiyí) 經緯天下／经纬天下

經緯度／经纬度 經緯網／经纬网 經緯線／经纬线 (jīngwěixiàn)