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

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

(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)^?}

a parallel, a latitude (imaginary line parallel to the equator)

See also

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
緯	線

Noun

緯線

chữ Hán form of vĩ tuyến (“latitude”)