Geometry Vocabulary Guide
Equations
Vocabulary
English | PinYin | 中文 |
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alternative exterior angles | Wài cuòjiǎo | 外错角 |
alternative interior angles | Nèi cuòjiǎo | 内错角 |
altitude of a triangle | Sānjiǎoxíng de gāo | 三角形的高(指那条线段) |
angle bisector | Jiǎo píngfēn xiàn | 角平分線 |
angles (adjacent angles) | Jiǎo (lín jiǎo) | 角(鄰角) |
angles (complementary angles) | Jiǎo (yú jiǎo) | 角(余角) |
angles (supplementary angles) | Jiǎo (bǔ jiǎo) | 角(補角) |
base angles of an isosceles triangle | Děng yāo sānjiǎoxíng de dǐ jiǎo | 等腰三角形的底角 |
base of an isosceles triangle | Děng yāo sānjiǎoxíng de dǐ biān | 等腰三角形的底边 |
bi-conditional | Shuāngxiàng mìngtí | 双向命题(正逆命题同时成立) |
centroid | Zhòngxīn | 重心 |
circle | Yuán | 圆 |
circumcenter | Wài xīn | 外心 |
concave | Āo | 凹 |
conclusion | Jiélùn | 結論 |
concurrent | Gòng diǎn | 共点(多直线相交于一点) |
conditional | Tiáojiàn mìngtí | 条件命题 |
cone | Zhuī tǐ | 錐體 |
congruent polygons | Quán děng duōbiānxíng | 全等多邊形 |
congruent segments | Quán děng duàn | 全等段 |
conjecture | Cāixiǎng | 猜想 |
construction | Zuò tú | 作图 |
contrapositive | Nì fǒu mìngtí | 逆否命题 |
converse | Nì mìngtí | 逆命题 |
convex | Tū | 凸 |
coordinate proof | Zuòbiāo xì zhèngmíng | 坐标系证明 |
corollary | Tuīlùn | 推論 |
corresponding angles | Tóngwèi jiǎo | 同位角 |
cube | Lìfāngtǐ | 立方體 |
cylinder | Zhù tǐ | 柱体 |
deductive reasoning | Yǎnyì tuīlǐ | 演繹推理 |
diagram | Tú | 圖 |
edge | Biānyuán | 邊緣 |
end point | Duān diǎn | 端點 |
equiangular polygon | Děng jiǎo duōbiānxíng | 等角多邊形 |
equidistant | Děng jùlí | 等距離 |
equilateral polygon | Děng biān duōbiānxíng | 等边多边形 |
exterior angles of a polygon | Duōbiānxíng de wàijiǎo | 多邊形的外角 |
face (face of a solid) | Miàn (lìtǐtú xíng de miàn) | 面(立体图形的面) |
hypotenuse | Xié biān | 斜邊 |
hypothesis | Jiǎshè | 假設 |
incenter | Nèixīn | 內心 |
indirect proof | Fǎnzhèngfǎ | 反证法 |
inductive reasoning | Guīnà tuīlǐ | 歸納推理 |
interval | Jiàngé | 間隔 |
inverse | Fǒu mìngtí | 否命题 |
isometric drawing | Duō jiǎodù tóng chǐdù lìtǐ zuò tú (yīngwén bǎn jiàocái tèyǒu) | 多角度同尺度立体作图 (英文版教材特有) |
isosceles trapezoid | Děng yāo tīxíng | 等腰梯形 |
kite | Zhēng xíng | 箏形 |
legs of a right triangle | Zhíjiǎo sānjiǎoxíng de zhíjiǎo biān | 直角三角形的直角边 |
legs of an isosceles triangle | Děng yāo sānjiǎoxíng de yāo | 等腰三角形的腰 |
line | Zhíxiàn | 直线 |
line (concurrent lines) | Xiàn (gòng diǎn de xiàn) | 线(共点的線) |
line (diagonal lines) | Xiàn (duì jiǎo xiàn) | 線(對角線) |
line (horizontal line) | Xiàn (shuǐpíngxiàn) | 線(水平線) |
line (intersecting lines) | Xiàn (xiàngjiāo xiàn) | 線(相交線) |
line (oblique line) | Xiàn (xiéxiàn) | 線(斜線) |
line (parallel line) | Xiàn (píngxíng xiàn) | 線(平行線) |
line (perpendicular lines) | Xiàn (chuízhí xiàn) | 線(垂直線) |
line (vertical line) | Xiàn (shù zhíxiàn) | 線(竖直線) |
line of symmetry | Duìchèn xiàn | 對稱線 |
line segment | Xiànduàn | 線段 |
linear pair | Yī duì hùbǔ de lín jiǎo | 一对互补的邻角 |
median | Zhōng xiàn | 中线 |
mid-segment of a triangle | Sānjiǎoxíng zhōng wèi xiàn | 三角形中位线 |
mid-segment of a trapezoid | Tīxíng zhōng wèi xiàn | 梯形中位线 |
negation | Fǒudìng | 否定 |
net (identify a solid from a net) | Píngmiàn zhǎnkāi tú | 平面展开图 |
orthocenter | Chuíxīn | 垂心 |
orthographic drawing | Zhèng tóuyǐng zuò tú | 正投影作图(英文教材特有) |
parallelogram | Píngxíng sìbiānxíng | 平行四邊形 |
perimeter | Zhōu zhǎng | 周長 |
perpendicular bisector | Chuízhí píngfēn xiàn | 垂直平分線 |
polygon (decagon) | Duōbiānxíng (shí biān xíng) | 多邊形(十邊形) |
polygon (heptagon) | Duōbiānxíng (qī biān xíng) | 多邊形(七邊形) |
polygon (hexagon) | Duōbiānxíng (liù biān xíng) | 多邊形(六邊形) |
polygon (nonagons) | Duōbiānxíng (jiǔ biān xíng) | 多邊形(九邊形) |
polygon (octagon) | Duōbiānxíng (bājiǎo) | 多邊形(八角) |
polygon (pentagon) | Duōbiānxíng (wǔ biān xíng) | 多邊形(五邊形) |
polygon (quadrilaterals) | Duōbiānxíng (sìbiānxíng) | 多邊形(四邊形) |
polygons (triangles) | Duōbiānxíng (sānjiǎoxíng) | 多邊形(三角形) |
postulate | Gōngshè | 公设 |
prism | Léngzhù | 棱柱 |
prism (rectangular prism) | Léngjìng (zhí léngzhù) | 棱鏡(直棱柱) |
prism (square prism) | Léngjìng (zhèngfāng léngzhù) | 棱鏡(正方棱柱) |
prism (triangular prism) | Léngjìng (sānjiǎo léngzhù) | 棱鏡(三角棱柱) |
protractor | Liángjiǎoqì | 量角器 |
protractor’s cross hairs | Liángjiǎoqì de shízì zhōngxīn | 量角器的十字中心 |
pyramids | Léngzhuī | 棱锥 |
pyramids (rectangular pyramid) | Jīnzìtǎ (cháng fāng léngzhuī) | 金字塔(长方棱锥) |
pyramids (square pyramid) | Jīnzìtǎ (zhèngfāng léngzhuī) | 金字塔(正方棱錐) |
pyramids (triangular pyramid) | Jīnzìtǎ (sān léngzhuī) | 金字塔(三棱錐) |
quadrilateral (complex quadrilateral) | Sìbiānxíng (fùzá de sìbiānxíng) | 四邊形(複雜的四邊形) |
quadrilateral (concave quadrilateral) | Sìbiānxíng (āo sìbiānxíng) | 四邊形(凹四邊形) |
quadrilateral (irregular quadrilateral) | Sìbiānxíng (bù guīzé sìbiānxíng) | 四邊形(不規則四邊形) |
ray | Shèxiàn | 射線 |
rectangle | Jǔxíng | 矩形 |
regular polygon | Zhèng duōbiānxíng | 正多邊形 |
rhombus | Língxíng | 菱形 |
same-side interior angles | Tóng páng nèi jiǎo | 同旁內角 |
segment bisector | Píngfēn xiànduàn de dōngxī | 平分线段的东西(可以是点,线段,直线,射线等) |
skewed lines | Yì miàn zhíxiàn | 异面直线 |
sphere | Qiú | 球 |
square | Zhèngfāngxíng | 正方形 |
supplementary angles | Bǔ jiǎo | 補角 |
surface | Biǎomiàn | 表面 |
symmetry (reflective symmetry) | Duìchèn (jìngmiàn duìchèn) | 對稱(镜面對稱) |
symmetry (rotational symmetry) | Duìchèn (xuánzhuǎn duìchèn) | 對稱(旋轉對稱) |
theorem | Dìnglǐ | 定理 |
transversal | (Sānxiàn bājiǎo lǐ de) jié xiàn | (三线八角里的)截线 |
trapezoid | Tīxíng | 梯形 |
triangle (acute triangle) | ruìjiǎo sānjiǎoxíng | 三角形(銳角三角形) |
triangle (equilateral triangle) | zhèng sānjiǎoxíng | 三角形(正三角形) |
triangle (isosceles triangle) | děng yāo sānjiǎoxíng | 三角形(等腰三角形) |
triangle (obtuse triangle) | dùnjiǎo sānjiǎoxíng | 三角形(鈍角三角形) |
triangle (right-angled triangle) | zhíjiǎo sānjiǎoxíng | 三角形(直角三角形) |
triangle (scalene triangle) | bù děng biān sānjiǎoxíng | 三角形(不等邊三角形) |
vertex | Dǐngdiǎn | 頂點 |
vertex of an isosceles triangle | Děng yāo sānjiǎoxíng de dǐngdiǎn | 等腰三角形的頂點 |
vertical angles | Duì dǐng jiǎo | 对顶角 |
vertices | Dǐngdiǎn | 頂點 |
volume | Tǐjī | 体积 |
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Additional resources
Please visit the “Computing for Academic Purposes” course for additional projects that relate to developing skills that are related to the study of mathematics.
- Algebra Math Sheet – Learning How to Create Equations
- Geometry Math Sheet – Learning How to Label Diagrams