纬 (緯)
wěi
Pinyin

Definition

纬 (緯)
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wěi
  1. latitude
  2. woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
  3. weft

Character Decomposition

Related Words (10)

北纬
běi wěi
  1. 1 latitude north
经纬
jīng wěi
  1. 1 warp and woof
  2. 2 longitude and latitude
  3. 3 main points
纬度
wěi dù
  1. 1 latitude
南纬
nán wěi
  1. 1 latitude south
纬线
wěi xiàn
  1. 1 woof
  2. 2 line of latitude
  3. 3 parallel

Sample Sentences

英雄人物大概都比较风流吧！不过娶了4个老婆，只有原配生了一个蒋经国，蒋纬国还是领养的。貌似老蒋得了花柳病……
yīngxióng rénwù dàgài dōu bǐjiào fēngliú ba ！bùguò qǔ le sì gè lǎopó ，zhǐyǒu yuánpèi shēng le yī gè Jiǎng Jīngguó ，Jiǎng Wěiguó háishì lǐngyǎng de 。màosì LǎoJiǎng dé le huāliǔbìng ……
Great men are almost all promiscuous! However, he married four wives and only his first wife gave birth to Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Wei-kuo was adopted. It looks as if Old Chiang contracted a venereal disease.
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目标埃菲尔铁塔，北纬37度，东经40度，发射！把巴黎炸个稀巴烂！
mùbiāo Āifēiěr tiětǎ ，běiwěi sānshí qī dù ，dōngjīng sìshí dù ，fāshè ！bǎ Bālí zhà ge xībālàn ！
Target is the Eiffel Tower, 37 degrees north, 40 degrees east. Launch! Let's blow Paris to bits!
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