緯線

緯線

See also: 纬线

Chinese

		latitude	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (緯線)		緯	線
simp. (纬线)		纬	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěixiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wěixiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeishiann
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Noun

緯線

1. (line of) latitude, parallel (imaginary line parallel to the equator)

Synonyms

• 緯圈／纬圈 (wěiquān)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
緯	線
い Grade: S	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いせん [ìséń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [isẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

緯線 (hiragana いせん, rōmaji isen, historical hiragana ゐせん)

1. a latitude (imaginary line parallel to the equator)

See also

• 緯 (い)度 (ど) (ido)
• 経 (けい)線 (せん) (keisen)
• 赤 (せき)道 (どう) (sekidō)