緯線

See also: 纬线

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěixiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěixiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěisiàn
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: wěi-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeishiann
    • Palladius: вэйсянь (vɛjsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Noun

緯線

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

Synonyms

• 緯圈／纬圈 (wěiquān)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

緯(い)線(せん) • (isen) ^{←ゐせん (wisen)?}

1. a parallel, 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)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
緯	線

Noun

緯線

1. chữ Hán form of vĩ tuyến (“latitude”).