# 纬度 (wěidù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 纬度 (wěidù) means “latitude”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: latitude
- Pinyin: wěidù (wei3 du4)
- Traditional: 緯度
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这里的纬度很高，冬天很冷。
  Zhèlǐ de wěidù hěn gāo, dōngtiān hěn lěng.
  The latitude here is very high, so winters are cold.

## Characters

- 纬 (wěi): latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
- [度](https://hanziro.com/word/du-degree/) (dù): degree; to spend (time)

https://hanziro.com/word/wei-du-latitude/

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