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

器 jí xiàn qì hub (network)
雙曲 shuāng qū xiàn hyperbola
雙曲正弦 shuāng qū xiàn zhèng xián hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
雙絞 shuāng jiǎo xiàn unshielded twisted pair; UTP
lí xiàn offline (computing)
xuě xiàn snow line
雷達天 léi dá tiān xiàn radar antenna
電源 diàn yuán xiàn power cable (of an appliance etc)
diàn xiàn wire; power cord; CL:根[gen1]
杆 diàn xiàn gān electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1]
桿 diàn xiàn gǎn electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1]
電話 diàn huà xiàn telephone line; telephone wire
電話路 diàn huà xiàn lù telephone line
青藏 qīng zàng xiàn the Qinghai-Tibet route
青藏鐵路 qīng zàng tiě lù xiàn Qinghai-Tibet railway
非對稱式數據用戶 fēi duì chèn shì shù jù yòng hù xiàn Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line; ADSL
性 fēi xiàn xìng nonlinear (math.)
性光學 fēi xiàn xìng guāng xué nonlinear optics (physics)
飛針走 fēi zhēn zǒu xiàn flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
ěr xiàn tippet (in fly-fishing)
高壓 gāo yā xiàn high tension power line
chī xiàn crazy; insane (Cantonese)
鱈 hēi xiàn xuě haddock
齊格菲防 qí gé fēi fáng xiàn Siegfried Line, line of German military defenses during WWI and WWII
chǎn xiàn production line; manufacturing line