线

xiàn

HSK 3.0 Level 3

Definitions

1. thread
2. string
3. wire
4. line
5. (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 797473)

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Words Containing 线

• 终点线 zhōng diǎn xiàn: finishing line
• 解放巴勒斯坦人民阵线 jiě fàng bā lè sī tǎn rén mín zhèn xiàn: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
• 分数线 fēn shù xiàn: horizontal line (in a fraction)
• 三十八度线 sān shí bā dù xiàn: 38th parallel
• 横线 héng xiàn: horizontal line
• 经纬线 jīng wěi xiàn: lines of latitude and longitude
• 光线 guāng xiàn: light ray
• 短程线 duǎn chéng xiàn: a geodesic
• 二次曲线 èr cì qū xiàn: quadratic curve (geometry)
• 针线活 zhēn xiàn huó: needlework
• 越出界线 yuè chū jiè xiàn: to exceed
• 电线杆 diàn xiàn gǎn: electric pole
• 限界线 xiàn jiè xiàn: boundary
• 丝线 sī xiàn: silk thread (for sewing); silk yarn (for weaving)
• 铁路线 tiě lù xiàn: railway line
• 线缆 xiàn lǎn: cable
• 干线 gàn xiàn: main line
• 三味线 sān wèi xiàn: shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
• 微波天线 wēi bō tiān xiàn: microwave antenna
• 划线 huà xiàn: to delineate
• 触线 chù xiàn: to cross the line
• 横截线 héng jié xiàn: transversal line
• 伽玛射线 jiā mǎ shè xiàn: gamma ray (loanword)
• 上纲上线 shàng gāng shàng xiàn: to make a mountain out of a molehill
• 测地线 cè dì xiàn: geodesic
• 生产线 shēng chǎn xiàn: assembly line
• 谱线 pǔ xiàn: spectral line
• 航空线 háng kōng xiàn: air route
• 航线 háng xiàn: air or shipping route
• 线性回归 xiàn xìng huí guī: linear regression (statistics)
• 第一线 dì yī xiàn: front line
• 无线热点 wú xiàn rè diǎn: Wi-Fi hotspot
• 统一战线 tǒng yī zhàn xiàn: united front
• 等高线 děng gāo xiàn: contour line
• 光射线 guāng shè xiàn: light ray
• 乙种射线 yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn: beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay)
• 火线 huǒ xiàn: FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
• 下画线 xià huà xiàn: underline
• 线团 xiàn tuán: ball of string
• 接线盒 jiē xiàn hé: junction box (elec.)
• 踢脚线 tī jiǎo xiàn: skirting board
• 争球线 zhēng qiú xiàn: scrimmage line (American football)
• 拆线 chāi xiàn: to remove stitches (from a wound)
• 基线 jī xiàn: baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc)
• 及格线 jí gé xiàn: passing line or score (in an examination)
• 纬线圈 wěi xiàn quān: line of latitude
• 宇宙射线 yǔ zhòu shè xiàn: cosmic ray
• 一线希望 yī xiàn xī wàng: a gleam of hope
• 曲线锯 qū xiàn ju: jigsaw
• 无线电 wú xiàn diàn: wireless
• 弧线长 hú xiàn cháng: arc length
• 前端总线 qián duān zǒng xiàn: (computing) front-side bus (FSB)
• 无线电管理委员会 wú xiàn diàn guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì: Wireless transmission regulatory commission
• 小节线 xiǎo jié xiàn: barline (music)
• 大地线 dà dì xiàn: a geodesic (curve)
• 线人 xiàn rén: spy
• 五线谱 wǔ xiàn pǔ: (music) staff
• 线圈般 xiàn quān bān: solenoid (electrical engineering)
• 短线 duǎn xiàn: short term
• 连线 lián xiàn: electrical lead
• 专线 zhuān xiàn: special-purpose phone line or communications link
• 虾线 xiā xiàn: digestive tract of a shrimp
• 脱线 tuō xiàn: derailment
• 扎线带 zā xiàn dài: cable ties
• 本初子午线 běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn: the first meridian
• 录取线 lù qǔ xiàn: minimum passing score for admission
• 美国有线新闻网 měi guó yǒu xiàn xīn wén wǎng: Cable Network News (CNN)
• 司线员 sī xiàn yuán: line judge (tennis etc)
• 线性算子 xiàn xìng suàn zi: linear operator (math.)
• 封锁线 fēng suǒ xiàn: blockade line; cordon
• 起跑线 qǐ pǎo xiàn: the starting line (of a race)
• 飞针走线 fēi zhēn zǒu xiàn: flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
• 非线性 fēi xiàn xìng: nonlinear (math.)
• 等压线 děng yā xiàn: isobar (line of equal pressure)
• 曲线拟合 qū xiàn nǐ hé: curve fitting
• 心理防线 xīn lǐ fáng xiàn: psychological barrier
• 人行横道线 rén xíng héng dào xiàn: crosswalk
• 黑线鳕 hēi xiàn xuě: haddock
• 螺线管 luó xiàn guǎn: solenoid
• 罗氏线圈 luó shì xiàn quān: Rogowski coil
• 丙种射线 bǐng zhǒng shè xiàn: gamma ray
• 束线带 shù xiàn dài: cable tie
• 转移视线 zhuǎn yí shì xiàn: to shift one's eyes
• 阵线 zhèn xiàn: a front (militant group)
• 线性图 xiàn xìng tú: line chart
• 暗线光谱 àn xiàn guāng pǔ: dark-line spectrum
• 一线 yī xiàn: front line
• 总线 zǒng xiàn: computer bus
• 直线性加速器 zhí xiàn xìng jiā sù qì: linear accelerator
• 迹线 jì xiàn: trajectory
• 摆线 bǎi xiàn: cycloid
• 非线性光学 fēi xiàn xìng guāng xué: nonlinear optics (physics)
• 无线 wú xiàn: wireless
• 代数曲线 dài shù qū xiàn: algebraic curve
• 米线 mǐ xiàn: rice-flour noodles
• 群众路线 qún zhòng lù xiàn: the mass line, CCP term for Party policy aimed at broadening and cultivating contacts with the masses
• 曲线救国 qū xiàn jiù guó: (of sb who ostensibly collaborated with the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945) to secretly work for the Nationalists or against the Communists
• 衬线 chèn xiàn: serif (typography)
• 下划线 xià huà xiàn: underscore _
• 均线 jūn xiàn: graph of average values
• 地平线 dì píng xiàn: horizon
• 踩线 cǎi xiàn: to scout for a tour operator
• 脊线 jǐ xiàn: ridge line
• 三八线 sān bā xiàn: 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
• 下线仪式 xià xiàn yí shì: product launching ceremony
• 天线宝宝 tiān xiàn bǎo bǎo: Teletubbies
• 数字用户线路 shù zì yòng hù xiàn lù: digital subscriber line (DSL)
• 凹线 āo xiàn: groove
• 在线 zài xiàn: online
• 缆线 lǎn xiàn: cable
• 直线 zhí xiàn: straight line
• 数据总线 shù jù zǒng xiàn: data bus (computer)
• 底线 dǐ xiàn: bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept
• 无线电接收机 wú xiàn diàn jiē shōu jī: receiver (radio)
• 峰线 fēng xiàn: mountain ridge line
• 螺线 luó xiàn: spiral
• 环线 huán xiàn: ring road
• 双曲线正弦 shuāng qū xiàn zhèng xián: hyperbolic sine or sinh (math.)
• 管线 guǎn xiàn: pipeline
• 实际控制线 shí jì kòng zhì xiàn: Line of Actual Control (LAC), separating Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory
• 反斜线 fǎn xié xiàn: backslash (computing)
• 金属线 jīn shǔ xiàn: metal wire
• 引线 yǐn xiàn: fuse (for an explosive device)
• 线程 xiàn chéng: (computing) thread
• 投影线 tóu yǐng xiàn: line of project
• 平行线 píng xíng xiàn: parallel lines
• 国界线 guó jiè xiàn: national border
• 眼线笔 yǎn xiàn bǐ: eyeliner (cosmetics)
• 渐近线 jiàn jìn xiàn: (math.) asymptote
• 斑马线 bān mǎ xiàn: crosswalk
• 天际线 tiān jì xiàn: skyline
• 线西 xiàn xī: Xianxi or Hsienhsi Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
• 线上 xiàn shàng: online
• 红线 hóng xiàn: red line
• K线图 k xiàn tú: candlestick chart
• 穿针引线 chuān zhēn yǐn xiàn: lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
• 走内线 zǒu nèi xiàn: insider contacts
• 综合布线 zōng hé bù xiàn: integrated wiring
• 跨线桥 kuà xiàn qiáo: flyover (road bridge)
• 流水线 liú shuǐ xiàn: assembly line
• 标线 biāo xiàn: marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists)
• 沿线 yán xiàn: along the line (e.g. railway)
• 针线箔篱 zhēn xiàn bó lí: wicker sewing basket (dialect)
• 开线 kāi xiàn: to come unsewn
• 平面曲线 píng miàn qū xiàn: (math.) plane curve
• 全线 quán xiàn: the whole front (in a war)
• 曲线论 qū xiàn lùn: the theory of curves
• 缝线 féng xiàn: sewing thread
• 线速度 xiàn sù dù: linear velocity
• 垂线 chuí xiàn: (math.) perpendicular line
• 界线 jiè xiàn: limits
• 红外线导引飞弹 hóng wài xiàn dǎo yǐn fēi dàn: infrared guided missile
• 来复线 lái fù xiàn: rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
• 占线 zhàn xiàn: busy (telephone line)
• 通信线路 tōng xìn xiàn lù: communication line
• 引线穿针 yǐn xiàn chuān zhēn: to thread a needle
• 外环线 wài huán xiàn: outer ring (road or rail line)
• 纱线 shā xiàn: yarn
• 边界线 biān jiè xiàn: boundary line
• 线图 xiàn tú: line drawing
• 纬线 wěi xiàn: woof
• 爱克斯射线 ài kè sī shè xiàn: X-ray radiation
• 毛线针 máo xiàn zhēn: knitting needle
• 膛线 táng xiàn: rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
• 子午线 zǐ wǔ xiàn: meridian
• 饵线 ěr xiàn: tippet (in fly-fishing)
• 电话线 diàn huà xiàn: telephone line
• 放线 fàng xiàn: (angling) to play a fish
• 串线 chuàn xiàn: to get the lines crossed
• 回归线 huí guī xiàn: tropic
• 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
• 端线 duān xiàn: end line
• 警戒线 jǐng jiè xiàn: police cordon
• 铅垂线 qiān chuí xiàn: plumbline
• 羊毛线 yáng máo xiàn: knitting wool
• 划线板 huà xiàn bǎn: ruler (used for drawing lines)
• 断层线 duàn céng xiàn: geological fault line
• 雷达天线 léi dá tiān xiàn: radar antenna
• 中子射线摄影 zhōng zǐ shè xiàn shè yǐng: neutron radiography
• 红外线 hóng wài xiàn: infrared ray
• 前线 qián xiàn: front line
• 线条 xiàn tiáo: line (in drawing, calligraphy etc)
• 天线 tiān xiàn: antenna
• 等熵线 děng shāng xiàn: isentropic curve (physics})
• 班线 bān xiàn: route (of a bus etc)
• 电线 diàn xiàn: wire
• 离线 lí xiàn: offline (computing)
• 统一战线工作部 tǒng yī zhàn xiàn gōng zuò bù: United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD)
• 射线 shè xiàn: ray
• 电线杆 diàn xiàn gān: electric pole
• 双绞线 shuāng jiǎo xiàn: twisted pair (cabling)
• 线性空间 xiàn xìng kōng jiān: vector space
• 抛物线 pāo wù xiàn: parabola
• 流线 liú xiàn: streamline (physics)
• 新干线 xīn gàn xiàn: Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
• 近距离无线通讯 jìn jù lí wú xiàn tōng xùn: (computing) near-field communication (NFC)
• 接线板 jiē xiàn bǎn: power strip
• 下线 xià xiàn: to go offline
• 黐线 chī xiàn: crazy
• 用户线 yòng hù xiàn: subscriber line
• 折线图 zhé xiàn tú: line chart
• 纵线 zòng xiàn: vertical line
• 线上查询 xiàn shàng chá xún: online search
• 攻击线 gōng jī xiàn: the front line
• 格林尼治本初子午线 gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn: the Greenwich meridian
• 插线板 chā xiàn bǎn: power strip
• 白线 bái xiàn: white line (road markings)
• 分水线 fēn shuǐ xiàn: watershed
• 线绳 xiàn shéng: string
• 线杆 xiàn gǎn: telephone pole
• 卷线器 juǎn xiàn qì: fishing reel
• 文山线 wén shān xiàn: Taipei Metro Wenshan Line (known as the Muzha Line 木柵線|木栅线[mù zhà xiàn] prior to October 8, 2009)
• 做针线 zuò zhēn xiàn: to do needlework
• 牙线棒 yá xiàn bàng: floss pick
• 线虫 xiàn chóng: nematode
• 圆滑线 yuán huá xiàn: slur (music)
• 交叉阴影线 jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn: hatched lines
• 集线器 jí xiàn qì: hub (network)
• 断线钳 duàn xiàn qián: bolt cutter
• 线状 xiàn zhuàng: linear
• 时间线 shí jiān xiàn: timeline
• 线尾燕 xiàn wěi yàn: (bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)
• 测地线曲率 cè dì xiàn qū lǜ: geodesic curvature
• 轴线 zhóu xiàn: central axis (line)
• 牵线人 qiān xiàn rén: sb who pulls strings to get things done
• 一线微光 yī xiàn wēi guāng: gleam
• K线 k xiàn: candlestick (in a candlestick chart)
• 中线 zhōng xiàn: half-way line
• 高压线 gāo yā xiàn: high tension power line
• 汀线 tīng xiàn: lines formed by waves on a beach
• 墨线 mò xiàn: inked line
• 单丝不成线，独木不成林 dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín: one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
• 白线斑蚊 bái xiàn bān wén: Aedes albopictus (species of mosquito)
• 接线员 jiē xiàn yuán: switchboard operator
• 雪线 xuě xiàn: snow line
• 正确路线 zhèng què lù xiàn: correct line (i.e. the party line)
• 死线 sǐ xiàn: deadline (loanword)
• 断线风筝 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng: a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
• 人民阵线 rén mín zhèn xiàn: popular front
• 海岸线 hǎi àn xiàn: coastline
• 美国在线 měi guó zài xiàn: America Online (AOL)
• 无线电收发机 wú xiàn diàn shōu fā jī: transceiver
• 非对称式数据用户线 fēi duì chèn shì shù jù yòng hù xiàn: Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line
• 内线消息 nèi xiàn xiāo xi: insider information
• 截线 jié xiàn: intersecting line
• 对角线 duì jiǎo xiàn: (geometry) a diagonal
• 阴极射线管 yīn jí shè xiàn guǎn: cathode ray tube
• 延音线 yán yīn xiàn: tie (music)
• 中轴线 zhōng zhóu xiàn: central axis (line)
• 针线活计 zhēn xiàn huó jì: needlework
• 线性方程 xiàn xìng fāng chéng: linear equation (math.)
• 导线 dǎo xiàn: electrical lead
• 线下 xiàn xià: offline
• 战线 zhàn xiàn: battle line
• 压线 yā xiàn: pressure crease
• 青藏线 qīng zàng xiàn: the Qinghai-Tibet route
• 内线交易 nèi xiàn jiāo yì: insider trading (illegal share-dealing)
• 退居二线 tuì jū èr xiàn: to withdraw to the second line of duty
• 虚线 xū xiàn: dotted line
• 橡皮线 xiàng pí xiàn: wire (sheathed in rubber)
• 外线 wài xiàn: (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position
• 合股线 hé gǔ xiàn: twine
• 斜线 xié xiàn: oblique line
• 异面直线 yì miàn zhí xiàn: (math.) skew lines
• 线段 xiàn duàn: line segment
• 线粒体 xiàn lì tǐ: mitochondrion
• 国际日期变更线 guó jì rì qī biàn gēng xiàn: international date line
• 斜线号 xié xiàn hào: slash (punct.)
• 定直线 dìng zhí xiàn: directrix of a parabola
• 细线 xì xiàn: string
• 国内线 guó nèi xiàn: domestic flight
• 眼线液 yǎn xiàn yè: eyeliner (cosmetics)
• 线性代数 xiàn xìng dài shù: linear algebra
• 青藏铁路线 qīng zàng tiě lù xiàn: Qinghai-Tibet Railway
• 伽马射线 gā mǎ shè xiàn: gamma rays
• 棉线 mián xiàn: cotton thread
• 沪宁线 hù níng xiàn: Shanghai-Nanjing line
• 单行线 dān xíng xiàn: one-way road
• 踩线团 cǎi xiàn tuán: group on a tour to get acquainted with the local situation
• 衰变曲线 shuāi biàn qū xiàn: decay curves
• 牙线 yá xiàn: dental floss
• 绒线 róng xiàn: wool
• 线路 xiàn lù: line
• 起点线 qǐ diǎn xiàn: starting line
• 延长线 yán cháng xiàn: extension cord
• 声线 shēng xiàn: tone of voice
• 主干线 zhǔ gàn xiàn: trunk line (of road, network etc)
• 接线 jiē xiàn: wiring
• 垂直线 chuí zhí xiàn: vertical line
• 针头线脑 zhēn tóu xiàn nǎo: needle and thread
• 通用串行总线 tōng yòng chuàn xíng zǒng xiàn: Universal Serial Bus, USB (computer)
• 木栅线 mù zhà xiàn: Taipei Metro Muzha Line, former name of the Wenshan Line 文山線|文山线[wén shān xiàn]
• 毛线衣 máo xiàn yī: sweater
• 过桥米线 guò qiáo mǐ xiàn: rice noodle soup from Yunnan province
• 紧凑渺子线圈 jǐn còu miǎo zǐ xiàn quān: Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
• 有线新闻网 yǒu xiàn xīn wén wǎng: Cable Network News (CNN)
• 放射线 fàng shè xiàn: radiation
• 凸折线 tū zhé xiàn: convex polygonal line
• 复线 fù xiàn: multiple track (e.g. rail)
• 连结线 lián jié xiàn: tie (music)
• 移动平均线 yí dòng píng jūn xiàn: moving average (in financial analysis)
• 北回归线 běi huí guī xiàn: Tropic of Cancer
• 断线 duàn xiàn: (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break
• 收线 shōu xiàn: to reel in (a fishing line etc)
• 感应线圈 gǎn yìng xiàn quān: induction coil
• 弧线 hú xiàn: arc
• 圆锥曲线 yuán zhuī qū xiàn: conic section
• 自动射线摄影 zì dòng shè xiàn shè yǐng: autoradiography
• 有线 yǒu xiàn: wired
• 切线 qiē xiàn: tangent line (geometry)
• 电源线 diàn yuán xiàn: power cable (of an appliance etc)
• 折线 zhé xiàn: broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments)
• 南回归线 nán huí guī xiàn: Tropic of Capricorn
• 有线电视 yǒu xiàn diàn shì: cable television
• 提线木偶 tí xiàn mù ǒu: marionette
• 无衬线 wú chèn xiàn: sans serif (typography)
• 路线 lù xiàn: itinerary
• 线锯 xiàn jù: fret saw
• 眼线 yǎn xiàn: informer
• 针线 zhēn xiàn: needle and thread
• 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
• 无线网路 wú xiàn wǎng lù: wireless network
• 磁力线 cí lì xiàn: line of magnetic flux
• 线索 xiàn suǒ: trail
• 挂线 guà xiàn: to hang up the phone
• 线性系统 xiàn xìng xì tǒng: linear system
• 经线 jīng xiàn: warp
• 凸线 tū xiàn: convex curve
• 法线 fǎ xiàn: normal line to a surface
• 穿针走线 chuān zhēn zǒu xiàn: to thread a needle
• 长线 cháng xiàn: long term
• 线形图 xiàn xíng tú: line chart
• 接线生 jiē xiàn shēng: switchboard operator
• 导火线 dǎo huǒ xiàn: fuse (for explosives)
• 实线 shí xiàn: solid line
• 长流水，不断线 cháng liú shuǐ , bù duàn xiàn: continuous and patient effort (idiom)
• 吊线 diào xiàn: plumbline
• 牵线 qiān xiàn: to pull strings
• 磁感线 cí gǎn xiàn: line of magnetic flux
• 紫外线光 zǐ wài xiàn guāng: ultraviolet light
• 一线之间 yī xiàn zhī jiān: a hair's breadth apart
• 防线 fáng xiàn: defensive line or perimeter
• 管圆线虫 guǎn yuán xiàn chóng: \eel worm\, a parasitic worm carrying meningitis
• 流线型 liú xiàn xíng: sleek
• 齐格菲防线 qí gé fēi fáng xiàn: Siegfried Line, line of German military defenses during WWI and WWII
• 行军路线 xíng jūn lù xiàn: army itinerary; route of march
• 引火线 yǐn huǒ xiàn: fuse (for explosives)
• 布线 bù xiàn: wiring
• 等变压线 děng biàn yā xiàn: isallobar (line of equal pressure gradient)
• 直线加速器 zhí xiàn jiā sù qì: linear accelerator
• 割线 gē xiàn: secant line (math.)
• 支线 zhī xiàn: branch line
• 线报 xiàn bào: tip-off
• 线性 xiàn xìng: linear
• 视线 shì xiàn: line of sight
• 线圈 xiàn quān: solenoid (electrical engineering)
• 椭圆曲线 tuǒ yuán qū xiàn: (math.) elliptic curve
• 线西乡 xiàn xī xiāng: Xianxi or Hsienhsi Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
• 紫外射线 zǐ wài shè xiàn: ultraviolet ray
• 分界线 fēn jiè xiàn: dividing line
• 传输线 chuán shū xiàn: transmission line
• 路线图 lù xiàn tú: route map; (lit. and fig.) roadmap
• 停火线 tíng huǒ xiàn: cease-fire line
• 主线 zhǔ xiàn: main line (of communication)
• 热线 rè xiàn: hotline (communications link)
• 生命线 shēng mìng xiàn: lifeline
• 曲线图 qū xiàn tú: line graph
• 出线 chū xiàn: (sports) to go out of bounds
• 线香 xiàn xiāng: incense stick
• 三次曲线 sān cì qū xiàn: cubic curve (geometry)
• 毛线 máo xiàn: knitting wool
• 双曲线 shuāng qū xiàn: hyperbola
• 母线 mǔ xiàn: generating line
• 绽线 zhàn xiàn: to have a ripped seam
• 线轴 xiàn zhóu: thread spool
• 中间路线 zhōng jiān lù xiàn: middle road (in politics)
• 一线之隔 yī xiàn zhī gé: a fine line
• 伦琴射线 lún qín shè xiàn: X-ray
• 无线电话 wú xiàn diàn huà: radio telephony
• 码线 mǎ xiàn: yard line (sports)
• 装配线 zhuāng pèi xiàn: assembly line
• 电话线路 diàn huà xiàn lù: telephone line
• 事业线 shì yè xiàn: (slang) cleavage
• 线性规划 xiàn xìng guī huà: linear programming
• 无线电波 wú xiàn diàn bō: radio waves
• 括线 kuò xiàn: small angle brackets 「 」
• 无线电广播 wú xiàn diàn guǎng bō: radio broadcast
• 轮廓线 lún kuò xiàn: an outline
• 宇宙线 yǔ zhòu xiàn: cosmic ray
• 边线 biān xiàn: sideline
• 掉线 diào xiàn: to get disconnected (from the Internet)
• 来福线 lái fú xiàn: rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
• 紫外线 zǐ wài xiàn: ultraviolet ray
• 地线 dì xiàn: earth (wire)
• 伏线 fú xiàn: foreshadowing (literary device)
• 上线 shàng xiàn: to go online
• 准线 zhǔn xiàn: directrix line of a parabola
• 压线钳 yā xiàn qián: crimping pliers
• 曲线 qū xiàn: curve
• 线性波 xiàn xìng bō: linear wave
• 桑地诺民族解放阵线 sāng dì nuò mín zú jiě fàng zhèn xiàn: Sandinista National Liberation Front