子午線

Chinese

		north and south; midnight and noon; midnight and midday	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (子午線/子午綫)		子午	線/綫
simp. (子午线)		子午	线

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǐwǔxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² ng⁵ sin³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-ngó͘-sòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwǔxiàn [Phonetic: zíwǔxiàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwǔsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wu³-hsien⁴
  - Yale: dž-wǔ-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywuushiann
  - Palladius: цзыусянь (czyusjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² ng⁵ sin³
  - Yale: jí ńgh sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² ng⁵ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² ng⁵ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ ŋ̍¹³ siːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-ngó͘-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-ngóo-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwngofsvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suã²¹/

Noun

子午線

(geography) meridian

Derived terms

本初子午線 / 本初子午线 (běnchū zǐwǔxiàn)
首子午線 / 首子午线 (shǒuzǐwǔxiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
子	午	線
し Grade: 1	ご Grade: 2	せん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 子 (shi, “Chinese zodiac Rat”, representing the north) +‎ 午 (go, “the Chinese zodiac Ox”, representing the south) +‎ 線 (-sen, “line”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しごせん [shìgóꜜsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
(Tokyo) しごせん [shìgóséń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕiɡo̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

子(し)午(ご)線(せん) • (shigosen)

(geography) a meridian

Antonyms

卯酉線(ぼうゆうせん) (bōyūsen, “latitude”)

See also

本(ほん)初(しょ)子(し)午(ご)線(せん) (honshoshigosen)
経(けい)線(せん) (keisen)