xiàn

thread, line, wire; clue

DEFINITIONS

  • thread, line, wire
  • clue
  • variant of 線|线[xian4]
  • thread
  • string
  • wire
  • line
  • CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]
  • (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

WORDS

加速器 zhí xiàn jiā sù qì linear accelerator
性加速器 zhí xiàn xìng jiā sù qì linear accelerator
yǎn xiàn informer; snitch; spy; scout; (cosmetics) eye line
液 yǎn xiàn yè eyeliner (cosmetics)
筆 yǎn xiàn bǐ eyeliner (cosmetics)
短程 duǎn chéng xiàn a geodesic (curve); a shortest curve
duǎn xiàn short term
mǎ xiàn yard line (sports)
磁力 cí lì xiàn line of magnetic flux
磁感 cí gǎn xiàn line of magnetic flux
移動平均 yí dòng píng jūn xiàn moving average (in financial analysis)
移動平均指標 yí dòng píng jūn xiàn zhǐ biāo moving average index (used in financial analysis)
穿針引 chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
穿針走 chuān zhēn zǒu xiàn thread a needle
duān xiàn end line; baseline (sports)
等壓 děng yā xiàn isobar (line of equal pressure)
等熵 děng shāng xiàn isentropic curve (physics})
等變壓 děng biàn yā xiàn isallobar (line of equal pressure gradient)
管圓蟲 guǎn yuán xiàn chóng "eel worm", a parasitic worm carrying meningitis
guǎn xiàn pipeline; general term for pipes, cables etc
mǐ xiàn rice-flour noodles
紅外 hóng wài xiàn infrared ray
紅外導引飛彈 hóng wài xiàn dǎo yǐn fēi dàn infrared guided missile
hóng xiàn red line
shā xiàn yarn