經緯

Chinese

		classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	latitude
trad. (經緯)		經	緯
simp. (经纬)		经	纬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ wai⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): keng-úi / kiⁿ-hūi / keng-hūi

(Teochew, Peng'im): gêng¹ ui²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingwěi
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-wei³
  - Yale: jīng-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingwoei
  - Palladius: цзинвэй (czinvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging¹ wai⁵
  - Yale: gīng wáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ wai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ wei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-úi
  - Tâi-lô: king-uí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keng'uie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiⁿ-hūi
  - Tâi-lô: kinn-huī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvi'hui
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ hui³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-hūi
  - Tâi-lô: king-huī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kenghui
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hui³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gêng¹ ui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keng úi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³³⁻²³ ui⁵²/

Middle Chinese: keng|kengH hjw+jH

Rime
Character	經	經	緯
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	青 (125)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV	III
Fanqie	古靈切	古定切	于貴切
Baxter	keng	kengH	hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keŋ/	/keŋ^H/	/ɦʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/keŋ/	/keŋ^H/	/ɦʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛŋ/	/kɛŋ^H/	/ɣiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjŋ/	/kɛjŋ^H/	/ɦuj^H/
Li Rong	/keŋ/	/keŋ^H/	/ɣiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/kieŋ/	/kieŋ^H/	/ɣĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kieŋ/	/kieŋ^H/	/we̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	jìng	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging¹	ging³	wai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*keːŋ|keːŋs ɢʷɯls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	經
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīng
Middle Chinese	‹ keng ›
Old Chinese	/*k-lˁeŋ/
English	loom; regulate; norm
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	經	經	緯
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	6799	6807	12833
Phonetic component	巠	巠	韋
Rime group	耕	耕	微
Rime subdivision	0	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	經	徑	胃
Old Chinese	/*keːŋ/	/*keːŋs/	/*ɢʷɯls/

Noun

經緯

(literally) warp and woof
(geography) lines of longitude and latitude; longitude and latitude
(cartography, painting) meridian and parallel lines
(figurative) order; organisation; regularities
- 夫晉國將守唐叔之所受法度，以經緯其民。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  夫晋国将守唐叔之所受法度，以经纬其民。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Fú Jìnguó jiāng shǒu Tángshū zhī suǒshòu fǎdù, yǐ jīngwěi qí mín. [Pinyin]
  Jin ought to keep the laws and rules which Tangshu received for the regulation of his/its people

Derived terms

沒了經緯 / 没了经纬
沒經緯 / 没经纬
經緯儀 / 经纬仪 (jīngwěiyí)
經緯天下 / 经纬天下
經緯度 / 经纬度
經緯網 / 经纬网
經緯線 / 经纬线 (jīngwěixiàn)