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Meaning of 线

Pinyin xiàn

Radical

纟

Strokes

Definition

thread / string / wire / line

Usage

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线綫 xiàn 名词【本义】: 用棉麻丝毛等材料拈成的细缕【造字法】: 形声。从糸( mì)，戔( jiān)声。 1. 同本义 (En. thread; string) 例：丝线。棉线。线圈。线材。线绳。 2. 细长如线的东西 (En. sth. thread-shaped) 例：光线。视线。线索（1. 事情的头绪或门径；2. 文学作品中情节发展的脉络或文章的思路）。战线。生命线。 3. 线索 (En. clue) 4. 金属线 (En. wire)。 5. 几何学名词 (En. line; curve)。指一个点任意移动所构成的图形，有直线和曲线两种。例：直线。曲线。线条。 6. 记录边界、区域或等高线的标记 (En. boundary; demarcation)。 7. 铁路线，铁路的路轨或路基 (En. route)。 8. 辐射线 (En. ray)。线綫 xiàn 动词通“骟”。阉割 (En. castrate)。例：线鸡（阉鸡，指阉割或阉割过的鸡）。线綫 xiàn 量词用于抽象事物 (En. a ray; a gleam)。例：一线希望；一线光明；一线儿红。

线呢 xiàn ne

Line

线圈 xiàn quān

solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil

在线 zài xiàn

online

地址总线 dì zhǐ zǒng xiàn

AB / address bus

均线 jūn xiàn

graph of average values

复线 fù xiàn

multiple track (e.g. rail) / multi-lane (e.g. highway) / the complex line (math.)

千里姻缘一线牵 qiān lǐ yīn yuán yī xiàn qiān

a fate match across a thousand miles is drawn by a thread

宇宙线 yǔ zhòu xiàn

cosmic ray

宇宙射线 yǔ zhòu shè xiàn

cosmic ray

射线 shè xiàn

ray

海岸线 hǎi àn xiàn

coastline / seaboard / shoreline

轮廓线 lún kuò xiàn

an outline / silhouette

弧线 hú xiàn

arc

警戒线 jǐng jiè xiàn

police cordon / alert level

线或 xiàn huò

wired-OR

战线 zhàn xiàn

battle line / battlefront / front

统一战线 tǒng yī zhàn xiàn

united front

抛物线 pāo wù xiàn

parabola

拆线 chāi xiàn

to remove stitches (from a wound)

控制线 kòng zhì xiàn

control line

线描 xiàn miáo

line drawing

牵线搭桥 qiān xiàn dā qiáo

bring sb. into contact with sb. / act as a pimp / act as a go-between for

支线 zhī xiàn

branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)

斜线 xié xiàn

diagonal line / slanting line / slash (punct.) / forward slash (computing)

无线电 wú xiàn diàn

wireless

既有线 jì yǒu xiàn

existing line

风景线 fēng jǐng xiàn

scenery line

曲线 qū xiàn

curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way

电线杆 diàn xiàn gān

electric pole / telephone pole / lamppost / CL:根[gen1]

线条 xiàn tiáo

line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)

棱线 léng xiàn

ridge / chine line

光线 guāng xiàn

light ray / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4] / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)

侧线 cè xiàn

siding / lateral line / side track

母线槽 mǔ xiàn cáo

busway / bus duct

沪宁线 Hù Níng xiàn

Shanghai-Nanjing line

沿线 yán xiàn

along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line

热线 rè xiàn

hotline (communications link)

界线 jiè xiàn

limits / bounds / dividing line

直线 zhí xiàn

straight line / sharply (rise or fall)

短线 duǎn xiàn

short term

矽线石 xì xiàn shí

sillimanite

干线 gàn xiàn

main line / trunk line

竖线 shù xiàn

long string / main string

路线 lù xiàn

itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2]

线粒体 xiàn lì tǐ

mitochondrion

线索 xiàn suǒ

trail / clues / thread (of a story)

紫外线 zǐ wài xiàn

ultraviolet ray

纬线 wěi xiàn

woof / line of latitude / parallel

经纬线 jīng wěi xiàn

lines of latitude and longitude / warp and woof

纱线 shā xiàn

yarn

上纲上线 shàng gāng shàng xiàn

to criticize (as a matter of principle)

线路 xiàn lù

line / circuit / wire / road / railway track / bus route

航线 háng xiàn

air or shipping route

前线 qián xiàn

front line / military front / workface / cutting edge

一线 yī xiàn

front line

防线 fáng xiàn

defensive line or perimeter / CL:道[dao4]

无线 wú xiàn

wireless

上线 shàng xiàn

to go online / to put sth online

绒线 róng xiàn

wool / woolen thread

绒线衫 róng xiàn shān

woollen sweater / woolen sweater

联络线 lián luò xiàn

call wire

双绞线 shuāng jiǎo xiàn

unshielded twisted pair / UTP

缆线 lǎn xiàn

cable

线缆 xiàn lǎn

cable / wire / cord (computer)

电缆线 diàn lǎn xiàn

cable / cable conductor

罚球线 fá qiú xiàn

penalty line / free throw line

脊线 jǐ xiàn

ridge line

丝线 sī xiàn

thread / silk yarn

专线 zhuān xiàn

special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2]

膛线 táng xiàn

rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)

放线菌 fàng xiàn jūn

actinomycetes / actinomyces / ray fungi

线虫 xiàn chóng

nematode

视线 shì xiàn

line of sight

光谱线 guāng pǔ xiàn

line / spectral line / spectrum line

起跑线 qǐ pǎo xiàn

the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)

轴线 zhóu xiàn

central axis (line)

运输线 yùn shū xiàn

artery / transit

针线 zhēn xiàn

needle and thread / needlework

放长线钓大鱼 fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú

use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns

铁路线 tiě lù xiàn

railway line

铅垂线 qiān chuí xiàn

plumbline

封锁线 fēng suǒ xiàn

blockade line / CL:道[dao4]

锋线 fēng xiàn

frontline / forward line

圆锥曲线 yuán zhuī qū xiàn

conic section

阵线 zhèn xiàn

a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc)

雪线 xuě xiàn

snow line

非线性 fēi xiàn xìng

nonlinear (math.)