jīng wěi
warp and woof
longitude and latitude
main points
wěi
latitude
woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
weft
gāo wěi dù
high latitude (i.e. near the poles)
wěi xiàn
woof
line of latitude
parallel
jīng wěi xiàn
lines of latitude and longitude
warp and woof
wěi shā
woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
weft
Jiǎng Wěi guó
Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
chèn wěi
divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220)
wěi xiàn quān
line of latitude
parallel
wěi quān
line of latitude
parallel
wěi jǐn
woof brocade
woven fabric with many-colored woof
dì xīn wěi dù
geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)
dì lǐ wěi dù
geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid)
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