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纬
緯
wěi
1.
latitude
2.
woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
3.
weft
Uncommon • Top 26%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (15)
北纬
běiwěi
latitude north
南纬
nánwěi
latitude south
经纬
jīngwěi
warp and woof
纬圈
wěiquān
line of latitude
纬度
wěidù
latitude
纬纱
wěishā
woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
纬线
wěixiàn
woof
纬锦
wěijǐn
woof brocade
谶纬
chènwěi
divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220)
经纬仪
jīngwěiyí
theodolite
经纬线
jīngwěixiàn
lines of latitude and longitude
纬线圈
wěixiànquān
line of latitude
蒋纬国
JiǎngWěiguó
Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek [[蔣介石|蒋介石]]
高纬度
gāowěidù
high latitude (i.e. near the poles)
地心纬度
dìxīnwěidù
geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,696
- Word Frequency Rank
- 21,880 of 84,292