See 緯 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "文经武纬"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "jīngtiānwěidì",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "經緯天下"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "緯世"
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"roman": "wěixiàn",
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{
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"roman": "wěixiàn",
"word": "纬线"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "緯繣"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "纬𰬠"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "纬象"
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"roman": "chènwěi",
"word": "讖緯"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "chènwěi",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "chìwěi",
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7,
8
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60,
71
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{
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"Phofsit-Daibuun"
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{
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"zh_pron": "/*ɢʷɯls/"
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],
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}
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"word": "七緯"
},
{
"word": "七纬"
},
{
"word": "中緯度"
},
{
"word": "中纬度"
},
{
"word": "低緯度"
},
{
"word": "低纬度"
},
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"word": "六緯"
},
{
"word": "六纬"
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{
"roman": "běiwěi",
"word": "北緯"
},
{
"roman": "běiwěi",
"word": "北纬"
},
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"roman": "nánwěi",
"word": "南緯"
},
{
"roman": "nánwěi",
"word": "南纬"
},
{
"word": "圖緯"
},
{
"word": "图纬"
},
{
"word": "嫠不恤緯"
},
{
"word": "嫠不恤纬"
},
{
"word": "嫠緯之憂"
},
{
"word": "嫠纬之忧"
},
{
"word": "文經武緯"
},
{
"word": "文经武纬"
},
{
"word": "沒了經緯"
},
{
"word": "没了经纬"
},
{
"word": "沒經緯"
},
{
"word": "没经纬"
},
{
"roman": "luòwěi",
"word": "絡緯"
},
{
"roman": "luòwěi",
"word": "络纬"
},
{
"roman": "jīngtiānwěidì",
"word": "經天緯地"
},
{
"roman": "jīngtiānwěidì",
"word": "经天纬地"
},
{
"word": "經文緯武"
},
{
"word": "经文纬武"
},
{
"word": "經武緯文"
},
{
"word": "经武纬文"
},
{
"roman": "jīngwěi",
"word": "經緯"
},
{
"roman": "jīngwěi",
"word": "经纬"
},
{
"roman": "jīngwěiyí",
"word": "經緯儀"
},
{
"roman": "jīngwěiyí",
"word": "经纬仪"
},
{
"word": "經緯天下"
},
{
"word": "经纬天下"
},
{
"word": "經緯度"
},
{
"word": "经纬度"
},
{
"word": "緯世"
},
{
"word": "纬世"
},
{
"word": "緯地經天"
},
{
"word": "纬地经天"
},
{
"word": "緯帽"
},
{
"word": "纬帽"
},
{
"roman": "wěidù",
"word": "緯度"
},
{
"roman": "wěidù",
"word": "纬度"
},
{
"roman": "wěishū",
"word": "緯書"
},
{
"roman": "wěishū",
"word": "纬书"
},
{
"word": "緯武經文"
},
{
"word": "纬武经文"
},
{
"roman": "wěixiàn",
"word": "緯線"
},
{
"roman": "wěixiàn",
"word": "纬线"
},
{
"word": "緯繣"
},
{
"word": "纬𰬠"
},
{
"word": "緯象"
},
{
"word": "纬象"
},
{
"roman": "chènwěi",
"word": "讖緯"
},
{
"roman": "chènwěi",
"word": "谶纬"
},
{
"roman": "chìwěi",
"word": "赤緯"
},
{
"roman": "chìwěi",
"word": "赤纬"
},
{
"word": "高緯度"
},
{
"word": "高纬度"
}
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"word": "經"
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23,
26
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7,
8
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60,
71
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23,
26
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7,
8
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60,
71
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"tags": [
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"text": "凡地形，东西为纬，南北为经，……。",
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[
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"to weave; to wrap"
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"weave",
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"wrap",
"wrap"
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"(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to weave; to wrap"
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{
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"extra": "wěishū, “Confucian occult”",
"word": "緯書"
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"word": "纬书"
}
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"zh_pron": "wai⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
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{
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"Phak-fa-su"
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},
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"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "úi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
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],
"zh_pron": "ūi"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "hūi"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Peng'im"
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{
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],
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},
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"tags": [
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"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
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{
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"zh_pron": "woei"
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{
"roman": "vɛj",
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"Standard-Chinese",
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},
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"Miaoli",
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},
{
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"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Hagfa-Pinyim"
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"Miaoli",
"Neipu",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
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"Taiwan",
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"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
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},
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"Taiwan",
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"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
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"Quanzhou",
"Taiwan",
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"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"POJ"
],
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},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "uī"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
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],
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"Hokkien",
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],
"zh_pron": "ui"
},
{
"ipa": "/ui³³/",
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"Sinological-IPA",
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"Taiwan",
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"POJ"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "huī"
},
{
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"Hokkien",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
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],
"zh_pron": "hui"
},
{
"ipa": "/hui³³/",
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"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Taipei",
"Kaohsiung"
]
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{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Peng'im"
],
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},
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"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
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"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "úi"
},
{
"ipa": "/ui⁵²/",
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"Min-Nan",
"Teochew",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh_pron": "hjw+jH"
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"tags": [
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"zh_pron": "/*ɢʷɯls/"
}
],
"word": "緯"
}
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