北半球中纬度 northern middle latitude / upper mid-latitude 圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 框 kuàng frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1] syn 政圈 zhèng quān government circle / political circle 四方理事会 Elders' Circle of the Four Directions (Elders' Circle) 半圆检验 半圓檢驗 semi-circle test / semi-circle rule / semi-circular rule 半圆规则 半圓規則 semi-circle test / semi-circle rule / semi-circular rule 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 经纬 經緯 jīng wěi warp and woof / longitude and latitude / main points syn 北纬 北緯 běi wěi north latitude 纬度 緯度 wěi dù latitude 回归线 回歸線 huí guī xiàn tropic / one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer 纬线 緯線 wěi xiàn woof / line of latitude / parallel 南纬 南緯 nán wěi south latitude 高纬度 高緯度 gāo wěi dù high latitude (i.e. near the poles) 纬 緯 wěi latitude / woof (horizontal thread in weaving) / weft syn 回旋余地 回旋餘地 huí xuán yú dì room to maneuver / leeway / latitude 地心纬度 地心緯度 dì xīn wěi dù geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth) 经纬线 經緯線 jīng wěi xiàn lines of latitude and longitude / warp and woof 纬圈 緯圈 wěi quān line of latitude / parallel 纬线圈 緯線圈 wěi xiàn quān line of latitude / parallel 大地纬度 大地緯度 geodetic latitude 地理纬度 地理緯度 dì lǐ wěi dù geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid) 高接梨 gāo jiē lí (Tw) high-grafted pear (a variety of Asian pear grown in Taiwan, produced by grafting scions from high-altitude or high-latitude regions onto local rootstocks, adapting them to Taiwan's subtropical climate) 循环 循環 xún huán to cycle / to circulate / circle / loop syn 飞翔 飛翔 fēi xiáng to circle in the air / to soar syn 转动 轉動 zhuàn dòng to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate syn 环绕 環繞 huán rào to surround / to circle / to revolve around syn 恶性 惡性 è xìng malignant / wicked / vicious (circle) / producing evil / rapid (decline) / runaway (inflation) syn 盘旋 盤旋 pán xuán to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit syn 围观 圍觀 wéi guān to stand in a circle and watch syn 回旋 迴旋 huí xuán to circle / to wheel / to go around syn 圈圈 quān quan to draw a circle / cliques / circles syn 圆圈 圓圈 yuán quān circle syn 怪圈 guài quān vicious circle / (abnormal) phenomenon 围坐 圍坐 wéi zuò to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator) 圆弧 圓弧 yuán hú arc (segment of a circle) syn 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 环岛 環島 huán dǎo traffic circle / rotary / roundabout / to travel around an island 小圆 xiǎo yuán small circle 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 大圆 大圓 dà yuán great circle (in spherical geometry) 框框 kuàng kuàng to frame / to circle / pattern / convention / restriction syn 圆心 圓心 yuán xīn center of circle 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 圆周 圓周 yuán zhōu circumference / circle syn 交游 交遊 jiāo yóu to have friendly relationships / circle of friends syn 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush syn 圆周率 圓周率 yuán zhōu lǜ (math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π) 北极圈 北極圈 běi jí quān Arctic Circle 近臣 jìn chén member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old) 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 转 轉 zhuàn to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions syn 画地为牢 畫地為牢 huà dì wéi láo lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities syn 圆 圓 yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) syn 旋 xuán to revolve / a loop / a circle syn 抟 摶 tuán to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2]) / (literary) to circle / to wheel 圜 huán circle / encircle 圜 yuán circle / round 恶性循环 惡性循環 è xìng xún huán vicious circle 餟 zhuì circle shrines and make sacrifices 成圈 chéng quān to form a circle, ring or loop 璚 jué half-circle jade ring 邪恶八魔阵 邪惡八魔陣 xié è bā mó zhèn Circle 周三径一 周三徑一 zhōu sān jìng yī circumference of a circle is proverbially three times its radius 埃夫伯里 āi fū bó lǐ Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge) 大圆圈 大圓圈 dà yuán quān great circle (in spherical geometry) 斯托肯立石圈 sī tuō kěn lì shí quān Stonehenge stone circle 斯通亨治石栏 斯通亨治石欄 sī tōng hēng zhì shí lán Stonehenge stone circle 画圆 畫圓 huà yuán to draw a circle 索尔兹伯里石环 索爾茲伯里石環 suǒ ěr zī bó lǐ shí huán Stonehenge / Salisbury stone circle 终而复始 終而復始 zhōng ér fù shǐ lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom) / the wheel comes full circle 角标 角標 jiǎo biāo subscript or superscript / corner label (on a product, image, document etc) / app icon badge (symbol on the upper-right corner an app icon, such as a red circle to indicate unread messages) 麦田怪圈 麥田怪圈 mài tián guài quān crop circle 外接圆 外接圓 wài jiē yuán circumscribed circle (of a polygon) 南极圈 南極圈 nán jí juàn Antarctic Circle 地平经圈 地平經圈 vertical circle 垂直圈仪 垂直圈儀 vertical circle 伊斯兰社区阿德米拉尔家庭圈子 伊斯蘭社區阿德米拉爾家庭圈子 Admiral Family Circle Islamic Community 翔回 xiáng huí to circle (in the sky) 美瞳 měi tóng cosmetic contact lens / big eye contact lens / circle contact lens 放大片 fàng dà piàn (Tw) cosmetic contact lens / big eye contact lens / circle contact lens 击鼓传花 擊鼓傳花 jī gǔ chuán huā beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) 圈定 quān dìng to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it / (fig.) to designate / to delineate syn 周日圈 zhōu rì quān (astronomy) diurnal circle 框框 kuàng kuang a frame / a circle / set pattern / convention / restriction syn 回旋处 迴旋處 huí xuán chù traffic circle / rotary / roundabout 