子午线

子午線
zǐwǔxiàn
meridian

CEDICT

  1. (geography) meridian
  2. meridian

Wiktionary

通过南北极端的假想线。子、午在中国各代表方位的正北与正南方，故称为「子午线」。

重編國語辭典

经线

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 子午 zǐwǔ
  1. (literary) midnight and noon; midnight and midday
  2. (literary) north and south
  3. (～谷) A valley in the current Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province.
  4. A valley in the current Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province.
  5. midnight and noon; midnight and midday
  6. north and south
=2 线 xiàn variant of 线 xiàn
=2 线 xiàn
  1. thread
  2. string
  3. wire
  4. line
  5. (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

classifiers: 條, 股, 根

Containing this entry

本初子午线 běnchūzǐwǔxiàn
  1. the first meridian
  2. the prime meridian
首子午线 shǒuzǐwǔxiàn

Related entries

经圈 jīngquān
  1. line of longitude
  2. meridian (geography)
经络 jīngluò
  1. energy channels
  2. meridian (TCM)
  3. (dialect) trick
  4. tactic
经线 jīngxiàn
  1. warp
  2. line of longitude
  3. meridian (geography)