格林尼治本初子午线

Traditional form:

格林尼治本初子午線

Pinyin (reading):

Gélínnízhìběnchūzǐwǔxiàn

Definitions:

• the Greenwich meridian

Characters:

• 格 - form, pattern, standard
• 林 - forest, grove; surname
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 初 - beginning, initial, primary
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 午 - noon; 7th terrestrial branch
• 线 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail

Traditional characters:

• 格 - form, pattern, standard
• 林 - forest, grove; surname
• 尼 - Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 初 - beginning, initial, primary
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 午 - noon; 7th terrestrial branch
• 線 - line, thread, wire; clue, trail