HSK · Level 30
135 words
Chinese word
经度
Pronunciation
Pinyinjīng dù
Meaning
- nounlongitude
Example
这个城市的经度是多少？zhè ge chéng shì de jīng dù shì duō shǎo
What is the longitude of this city?
More examples
测量小组测得该点的经度为东经120.12°。cè liáng xiáo zǔ cè dé gāi diǎn de jīng dù wèi dōng jīng 120.12
The survey team measured the longitude of this point as 120.12° E.
Core concept
An east-west position on Earth, read as an angle around the globe.
Common phrases
经度和纬度jīng dù hé wěi dù
longitude and latitude
测量经度cè liáng jīng dù
measure longitude
经度值jīng dù zhí
longitude value
Similar words
纬度wěi dù: The north-south angular distance of a place on Earth from the equator, measured in degrees.
坐标zuò biāo: A set of numbers that shows the location of a place on a map or on Earth.
经线jīng xiàn: An imaginary north-south line on Earth connecting places with the same longitude.
本初子午线běn chū zi wǔ xiàn: The meridian at zero degrees longitude that passes through Greenwich.
Definition in Chinese
指地球表面某点相对于格林尼治子午线在东西方向的角距离，通常以度为单位，分为东经和西经。zhǐ dì qiú biǎo miàn mǒu diǎn xiāng duì yú gé lín ní zhì zi wǔ xiàn zài dōng xī fāng xiàng de jiǎo jù lí tōng cháng yǐ dù wèi dān wèi fēn wéi dōng jīng hé xī jīng
Word origin
经度 (jīngdù, "longitude") combines 经 (jīng, "meridian") with 度 (dù, "degree") to describe an east-west position measured by degrees.
Usage tips
- Chinese map labels commonly use 东经 (dōngjīng, "east longitude") and 西经 (xījīng, "west longitude") to mark the two sides of the reference line.
Opposites
- 纬度wěi dùlatitudenoun
Related words
- 经度值jīng dù zhílongitude valuenoun
- 经度差jīng dù chādifference in longitudenoun
- 经度坐标jīng dù zuò biāolongitude coordinatenoun