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赤道 meaning in English

chìdào

equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator

19 strokes

Meaning of 赤道

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chìdào
  1. equator (of the earth or a celestial body)
  2. celestial equator

赤道 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

那nà条tiáo船chuán昨zuó天tiān穿chuān过guò了le赤chì道dào。
That ship crossed the equator yesterday.
我wǒ去qù澳ào大dà利lì亚yà旅lǚ游yóu的de时shí候hòu第dì一yī次cì穿chuān越yuè了le赤chì道dào。
I crossed the equator for the first time on my trip to Australia.
赤chì道dào把bǎ地dì球qiú分fēn为wéi两liǎng个gè半bàn球qiú。
The equator divides the globe into two hemispheres.
在zài未wèi来lái，赤chì道dào附fù近jìn的de居jū民mín很hěn有yǒu可kě能néng成chéng为wéi气qì候hòu难nàn民mín。
In the future, people who live in equatorial regions will probably be climate refugees.

Stroke order for each character

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赤 chì · red · 7 strokes

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道 dào · road · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 赤道.

知道zhīdàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
味道wèidàoflavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...)
道理dàolǐreason; argument
道路dàolùroad; path
难道nándàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?
报道bàodàoto report (news); report
街道jiēdàostreet; subdistrict
道德dàodévirtue; morality
频道píndàofrequency; (television) channel
道歉dàoqiànto apologize
一道yīdàotogether
轨道guǐdàotrack (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite)

Questions about 赤道

What does 赤道 mean?

赤道 (chìdào) means "equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator".

How do you write 赤道?

赤道 is made of 2 characters: 赤 (7 strokes), 道 (12 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.