北緯

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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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běiwěi
  - 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

(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)

(geography) north latitude

See also

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

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