勾股弦定理

Chinese

		the longer and shorter legs of a right triangle	bow string; string of mus. instr.	established theory; theorem; principle established theory; theorem; principle; law
trad. (勾股弦定理)		勾股	弦	定理
simp. #(勾股弦定理)		勾股	弦	定理
弦 means hypotenuse of the triangle in this context

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōugǔxián dìnglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōugǔxián dìnglǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gougǔsián dìnglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹-ku³-hsien² ting⁴-li³
    • Yale: gōu-gǔ-syán dìng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gouguushyan dinqlii
    • Palladius: гоугусянь динли (gougusjanʹ dinli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

勾股弦定理

1. (geometry) Alternative name for 勾股定理 (gōugǔ dìnglǐ, “Pythagorean theorem”).