经纬

经纬 jīngwěi in a sentence

Warp and woof; longitude and latitude; main points†

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

经纬 (jīngwěi) means Warp and woof, longitude and latitude, main points †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

地图上用 经纬 确定位置。

Dìtú shang yòng jīngwěi quèdìng wèizhì.

Position is fixed on a map by longitude and latitude.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 经纬

这块布的 经纬 织得很密。

Zhè kuài bù de jīngwěi zhī de hěn mì.

The warp and weft of this cloth are woven very tightly.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 经纬

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How is 经纬 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 经纬 (jīngwěi, "Warp and woof, longitude and latitude, main points †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 经纬 an HSK word?

Yes — 经纬 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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