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

下画线 xià huà xiàn underline
线仪式 xià xiàn yí shì product launching ceremony
丙种射线 bǐng zhǒng shè xiàn gamma ray
中国无线电频谱管理和监测 zhōng guó wú xiàn diàn pín pǔ guǎn lǐ hé jiān cè China state radio regulation committee SRRC
中子射线摄影 zhōng zǐ shè xiàn shè yǐng neutron radiography
中轴线 zhōng zhóu xiàn central axis (line)
中间路线 zhōng jiān lù xiàn middle road (in politics)
线 chuàn xiàn to get the lines crossed
乙种射线 yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay)
事业线 shì yè xiàn (slang) cleavage; (palmistry) business line
二次曲线 èr cì qū xiàn quadratic curve (geometry); conic
交叉阴影线 jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn hatched lines; cross-hatched graphic pattern
人民阵线 rén mín zhèn xiàn popular front
人行横道线 rén xíng héng dào xiàn crosswalk; pedestrian crossing with zebra stripes
代数曲线 dài shù qū xiàn algebraic curve
线 fú xiàn foreshadowing (literary device)
伽玛射线 jiā mǎ shè xiàn gamma ray (loanword)
来福线 lái fú xiàn rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
伦琴射线 lún qín shè xiàn X-ray; Röntgen or Roentgen ray
做针线 zuò zhēn xiàn to do needlework
停火线 tíng huǒ xiàn cease-fire line
光射线 guāng shè xiàn light ray
线交易 nèi xiàn jiāo yì insider trading (illegal share-dealing)
线消息 nèi xiàn xiāo xi insider information
凸折线 tū zhé xiàn convex polygonal line