"Warp" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 niǔ qū to twist / to warp / to distort
 wān qū to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp
 jīng classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
线 jīng xiàn warp / line of longitude / meridian (geography)
 zòng warp (the vertical threads in weaving) / vertical / longitudinal / north-south (lines of longitude) / lengthwise / to release / to indulge / even if
 yū guàn to warp (fertilize land by flooding)
 jīng shā warp (vertical thread in weaving)
 qiáo qū to warp / to bend / fig. distorted opinion / prejudice
 qiáo leng to warp / to bend
 kuāng to spoil (Cant.) / to ruin / to warp (car wheel)
 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
 jīng wěi warp and woof / longitude and latitude / main points
 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom)
 zèng heddle (device to form warp in weaving textiles) / Taiwan pr. [zong4]
 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / silk thread for weaving / variant of 紉|纫, to sew / to stitch / thread
 rèn to weave / to lay warp for weaving / variant of 紝|纴[ren4], silk thread for weaving
线 jīng wěi xiàn lines of latitude and longitude / warp and woof
 jīng sī cǎi sè xiǎn huā warp brocade / woven fabric with single woof but colored warp
 jīng jǐn warp brocade / woven fabric with single colored woof but many-colored warp
 shí kōng cuò zhì gǎn sense of being in another time and place / feeling that one has entered a time warp
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