北緯

See also: 北纬

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běiwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ wai⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pak-hūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běiwěi [Phonetic: béiwěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běiwěi
    • Wade–Giles: pei³-wei³
    • Yale: běi-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeiwoei
    • Palladius: бэйвэй (bɛjvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bak¹ wai⁵
    • Yale: bāk wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ wɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

Noun

北緯

1. (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(ほく)緯(い) • (hokui) 

1. (geography) north latitude

See also

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