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经纬

jīng wěi

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 經緯

What 经纬 means

1. warp and woof
2. longitude and latitude
3. main points

The characters in 经纬

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 纬wěilatitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft

Words starting with 经纬

• 经纬仪jīng wěi yítheodolite
• 经纬线jīng wěi xiànlines of latitude and longitude; warp and woof
• 经纬密度jīng wěi mì dù(textiles) thread count

Where 经纬 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jīng–jìn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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