线 xiàn

line, thread, wire; clue

HSK 4 #430

DEFINITIONS

  • line, thread, 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)

STROKES

WORDS

线 bān xiàn route (of a bus etc)
用户线 yòng hù xiàn subscriber line
异面直线 yì miàn zhí xiàn (math.) skew lines
线 bái xiàn white line (road markings)
线斑蚊 bái xiàn bān wén Aedes albopictus (species of mosquito)
线加速器 zhí xiàn jiā sù qì linear accelerator
线性加速器 zhí xiàn xìng jiā sù qì linear accelerator
线液 yǎn xiàn yè eyeliner (cosmetics)
线笔 yǎn xiàn bǐ eyeliner (cosmetics)
短程线 duǎn chéng xiàn a geodesic (curve); a shortest curve
线 duǎn xiàn short term
线 mǎ xiàn yard line (sports)
磁力线 cí lì xiàn line of magnetic flux
磁感线 cí gǎn xiàn line of magnetic flux
移动平均线 yí dòng píng jūn xiàn moving average (in financial analysis)
移动平均线指标 yí dòng píng jūn xiàn zhǐ biāo moving average index (used in financial analysis)
穿针走线 chuān zhēn zǒu xiàn thread a needle
线 duān xiàn end line; baseline (sports)
等压线 děng yā xiàn isobar (line of equal pressure)
等熵线 děng shāng xiàn isentropic curve (physics})
等变压线 děng biàn yā xiàn isallobar (line of equal pressure gradient)
管圆线虫 guǎn yuán xiàn chóng "eel worm", a parasitic worm carrying meningitis
线 mǐ xiàn rice-flour noodles
红外线导引飞弹 hóng wài xiàn dǎo yǐn fēi dàn infrared guided missile
紫外射线 zǐ wài shè xiàn ultraviolet ray