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北緯

北緯

See also: 北纬

Chinese

		north	latitude
trad. (北緯)		北	緯
simp. (北纬)		北	纬

Noun

北緯

(geography) north latitude

Antonyms

南緯／南纬 (nánwěi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	緯
ほく Grade: 2	い Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From 北 (ホク, hoku) (きた, kita): (north) + 緯 (イ, i): (latitude)

Noun

北緯 ‎(hiragana ほくい, romaji hokui)

(geography) north latitude

See also

緯度 (いど) ‎(ido): latitude
南緯 (なんい) ‎(nan'i): south latitude

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): běiwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ wai⁵
Min Nan (POJ): pak-hūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: běiwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeiwoei
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ wai⁵
  - Yale: bāk wáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ wai⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pak-hūi
  - Tâi-lô: pak-huī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakhui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ hui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ hui³³/