子午線

Chinese

		north and south; midnight and noon; midnight and midday	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (子午線/子午綫)		子午	線/綫
simp. (子午线)		子午	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐwǔxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² ng⁵ sin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-ngó͘-sòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwǔxiàn [Phonetic: zíwǔxiàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwǔsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wu³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: dž-wǔ-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywuushiann
    • Palladius: цзыусянь (czyusjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² ng⁵ sin³
    • Yale: jí ńgh sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² ng⁵ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² ng⁵ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ ŋ̍¹³ siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-ngó͘-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-ngóo-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwngofsvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suã²¹/

Noun

子午線

1. (geography) meridian

Derived terms

• 本初子午線 / 本初子午线 (běnchū zǐwǔxiàn)
• 首子午線 / 首子午线 (shǒuzǐwǔxiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	午	線
し Grade: 1	ご Grade: 2	せん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 子 (shi, “Chinese zodiac Rat”, representing the north) +‎ 午 (go, “the Chinese zodiac Ox”, representing the south) +‎ 線 (-sen, “line”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しごせん [shìgóꜜsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) しごせん [shìgóséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡo̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

子(し)午(ご)線(せん) • (shigosen) 

1. (geography) a meridian

Antonyms

• 卯酉線(ぼうゆうせん) (bōyūsen, “latitude”)

See also

• 本(ほん)初(しょ)子(し)午(ご)線(せん) (honshoshigosen)
• 経(けい)線(せん) (keisen)