經緯線

Chinese

		warp and woof; lines of longitude and latitude; longitude and latitude	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (經緯線/經緯綫)		經緯	線/綫
simp. (经纬线)		经纬	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngwěixiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ wai⁵ sin³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng¹ ui² suan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngwěixiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingwěisiàn
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-wei³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: jīng-wěi-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingwoeishiann
    • Palladius: цзинвэйсянь (czinvɛjsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ wai⁵ sin³
    • Yale: gīng wáih sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ wai⁵ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ wei⁵ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯¹³ siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng¹ ui² suan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keng úi suàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³³⁻²³ ui⁵²⁻³⁵ sũã²¹³/

Noun

經緯線

1. (literally) warp and woof
2. (geography) lines of latitude and longitude
3. (figurative) warp and woof; fundamental structure