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

针线箔篱 zhēn xiàn bó lí wicker sewing basket (dialect)
铅垂线 qiān chuí xiàn plumbline
录取线 lù qǔ xiàn minimum passing score for admission
长流水，不断线 cháng liú shuǐ ， bù duàn xiàn continuous and patient effort (idiom)
开线 kāi xiàn to come unsewn; to split at the seam
限界线 xiàn jiè xiàn boundary; dividing line
院线 yuàn xiàn theater chain (abbr. for 電影院線|电影院线)
阴极射线管 yīn jí shè xiàn guǎn cathode ray tube
隔军事分界线 gé jūn shì fēn jiè xiàn military demarcation line MDL; refers to Korean demilitarized zone DMZ
集线器 jí xiàn qì hub (network)
双曲线正弦 shuāng qū xiàn zhèng xián hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
离线 lí xiàn offline (computing)
雪线 xuě xiàn snow line
雷达天线 léi dá tiān xiàn radar antenna
电话线路 diàn huà xiàn lù telephone line
青藏线 qīng zàng xiàn the Qinghai-Tibet route
青藏铁路线 qīng zàng tiě lù xiàn Qinghai-Tibet railway
非对称式数据用户线 fēi duì chèn shì shù jù yòng hù xiàn Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line; ADSL
非线性光学 fēi xiàn xìng guāng xué nonlinear optics (physics)
飞针走线 fēi zhēn zǒu xiàn flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
饵线 ěr xiàn tippet (in fly-fishing)
黐线 chī xiàn crazy; insane (Cantonese)
黑线鳕 hēi xiàn xuě haddock
齐格菲防线 qí gé fēi fáng xiàn Siegfried Line, line of German military defenses during WWI and WWII
水线 shuǐ xiàn waterline; the line on the hull of a ship or boat where its surface meets the water
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