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

鋸 xiàn jù fret saw; jigsaw
wěi xiàn woof; line of latitude; parallel
圈 wěi xiàn quān line of latitude; parallel
féng xiàn sewing thread; suture
zòng xiàn vertical line; vertical coordinate line
zǒng xiàn computer bus
lǎn xiàn cable
羅氏圈 luó shì xiàn quān Rogowski coil
羊毛 yáng máo xiàn knitting wool; wool yarn
美國在 měi guó zài xiàn America Online (AOL)
美國有新聞網 měi guó yǒu xiàn xīn wén wǎng Cable Network News (CNN)
群眾路 qún zhòng lù xiàn the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses
shēng xiàn tone of voice; timbre
jǐ xiàn ridge line
tuō xiàn derailment; to jump the track (of train); to derail
táng xiàn rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
自動射攝影 zì dòng shè xiàn shè yǐng autoradiography
航空 háng kōng xiàn aviation line
háng xiàn air or shipping route
xū xiàn dotted line; dashed line; (math.) imaginary line
xiā xiàn digestive tract of a shrimp; sand vein
luó xiàn spiral
管 luó xiàn guǎn solenoid; coil
行軍路 xíng jūn lù xiàn army itinerary; route of march
衰變曲 shuāi biàn qū xiàn decay curves