赤道 (chì dào) — equator (of the Earth); celestial equator

Definition

Examples

• 赤道附近的气候非常炎热潮湿。
  chì dào Fù jìn de qì hòu fēi cháng yán rè cháo shī.
  The climate near the equator is very hot and humid.
• 地球的赤道将地球分为南半球和北半球。
  Dì qiú de chì dào jiāng dì qiú fēn wéi nán bàn qiú hé běi bàn qiú.
  The Earth's equator divides the Earth into the Southern and Northern Hemispheres.
• 天球赤道也叫赤道，是天文学的重要概念。
  Tiān qiú chì dào yě jiào chì dào, shì tiān wén xué de zhòng yào gài niàn.
  The celestial equator is also called the equator, and is an important concept in astronomy.