chí tuyến

Vietnamese

Etymology

chí (“most”) +‎ tuyến (“line”). Likely clipped from 夏至線 / 夏至线 (Xiàzhìxiàn) and 冬至線 / 冬至线 (Dōngzhìxiàn).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˦ twiən˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˨˩˦ twiəŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɪj˦˥ t⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˦˥]

Noun

chí tuyến

  1. (geography) a tropic (latitude boundary of the torrid zone)
    Chí tuyến Bắc ― The Tropic of Cancer; The Northern Tropic
    Chí tuyến Nam ― The Tropic of Capricorn; The Southern Tropic
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