线

xiàn

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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我在 线 。

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Words Containing 线

• 一线 yī xiàn: front line
• 占线 zhàn xiàn: busy (telephone line)
• 光线 guāng xiàn: light ray
• 前线 qián xiàn: front line
• 在线 zài xiàn: online
• 天线 tiān xiàn: antenna
• 底线 dǐ xiàn: bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept
• 曲线 qū xiàn: curve
• 沿线 yán xiàn: along the line (e.g. railway)
• 无线 wú xiàn: wireless
• 无线电 wú xiàn diàn: wireless
• 热线 rè xiàn: hotline (communications link)
• 生命线 shēng mìng xiàn: lifeline
• 界线 jiè xiàn: limits
• 直线 zhí xiàn: straight line
• 第一线 dì yī xiàn: front line
• 线条 xiàn tiáo: line (in drawing, calligraphy etc)
• 线索 xiàn suǒ: trail
• 线路 xiàn lù: line
• 视线 shì xiàn: line of sight
• 起跑线 qǐ pǎo xiàn: the starting line (of a race)
• 路线 lù xiàn: itinerary
• 电线 diàn xiàn: wire
• K线 k xiàn: candlestick (in a candlestick chart)
• K线图 k xiàn tú: candlestick chart
• 一线之间 yī xiàn zhī jiān: a hair's breadth apart
• 一线微光 yī xiàn wēi guāng: gleam
• 一线希望 yī xiàn xī wàng: a gleam of hope
• 一线之隔 yī xiàn zhī gé: a fine line
• 三十八度线 sān shí bā dù xiàn: 38th parallel
• 三八线 sān bā xiàn: 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
• 三味线 sān wèi xiàn: shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
• 三次曲线 sān cì qū xiàn: cubic curve (geometry)
• 上线 shàng xiàn: to go online
• 上纲上线 shàng gāng shàng xiàn: to make a mountain out of a molehill
• 下划线 xià huà xiàn: underscore _
• 下画线 xià huà xiàn: underline
• 下线 xià xiàn: to go offline
• 下线仪式 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
• 中线 zhōng xiàn: half-way line
• 中轴线 zhōng zhóu xiàn: central axis (line)
• 中间路线 zhōng jiān lù xiàn: middle road (in politics)
• 串线 chuàn xiàn: to get the lines crossed
• 主干线 zhǔ gàn xiàn: trunk line (of road, network etc)
• 主线 zhǔ xiàn: main line (of communication)
• 乙种射线 yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn: beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay)
• 事业线 shì yè xiàn: (slang) cleavage
• 二次曲线 èr cì qū xiàn: quadratic curve (geometry)
• 五线谱 wǔ xiàn pǔ: (music) staff
• 交叉阴影线 jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn: hatched lines
• 人民阵线 rén mín zhèn xiàn: popular front
• 人行横道线 rén xíng héng dào xiàn: crosswalk
• 代数曲线 dài shù qū xiàn: algebraic curve
• 伏线 fú xiàn: foreshadowing (literary device)
• 伽玛射线 jiā mǎ shè xiàn: gamma ray (loanword)
• 伽马射线 gā mǎ shè xiàn: gamma rays
• 来复线 lái fù xiàn: rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
• 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
• 做针线 zuò zhēn xiàn: to do needlework
• 停火线 tíng huǒ xiàn: cease-fire line
• 传输线 chuán shū xiàn: transmission line
• 光射线 guāng shè xiàn: light ray
• 内线交易 nèi xiàn jiāo yì: insider trading (illegal share-dealing)
• 内线消息 nèi xiàn xiāo xi: insider information
• 全线 quán xiàn: the whole front (in a war)
• 凸折线 tū zhé xiàn: convex polygonal line
• 凸线 tū xiàn: convex curve
• 凹线 āo xiàn: groove
• 出线 chū xiàn: (sports) to go out of bounds
• 分数线 fēn shù xiàn: horizontal line (in a fraction)
• 分水线 fēn shuǐ xiàn: watershed
• 分界线 fēn jiè xiàn: dividing line
• 切线 qiē xiàn: tangent line (geometry)
• 前端总线 qián duān zǒng xiàn: (computing) front-side bus (FSB)
• 割线 gē xiàn: secant line (math.)
• 划线 huà xiàn: to delineate
• 划线板 huà xiàn bǎn: ruler (used for drawing lines)
• 北回归线 běi huí guī xiàn: Tropic of Cancer
• 南回归线 nán huí guī xiàn: Tropic of Capricorn
• 及格线 jí gé xiàn: passing line or score (in an examination)
• 反斜线 fǎn xié xiàn: backslash (computing)
• 司线员 sī xiàn yuán: line judge (tennis etc)
• 合股线 hé gǔ xiàn: twine
• 吊线 diào xiàn: plumbline
• 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)
• 单行线 dān xíng xiàn: one-way road
• 回归线 huí guī xiàn: tropic
• 国内线 guó nèi xiàn: domestic flight
• 国界线 guó jiè xiàn: national border
• 国际日期变更线 guó jì rì qī biàn gēng xiàn: international date line
• 圆滑线 yuán huá xiàn: slur (music)
• 圆锥曲线 yuán zhuī qū xiàn: conic section
• 地平线 dì píng xiàn: horizon
• 地线 dì xiàn: earth (wire)
• 均线 jūn xiàn: graph of average values
• 垂直线 chuí zhí xiàn: vertical line
• 垂线 chuí xiàn: (math.) perpendicular line
• 基线 jī xiàn: baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc)
• 墨线 mò xiàn: inked line
• 压线 yā xiàn: pressure crease
• 压线钳 yā xiàn qián: crimping pliers
• 外环线 wài huán xiàn: outer ring (road or rail line)
• 外线 wài xiàn: (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position
• 大地线 dà dì xiàn: a geodesic (curve)
• 天线宝宝 tiān xiàn bǎo bǎo: Teletubbies
• 天际线 tiān jì xiàn: skyline
• 子午线 zǐ wǔ xiàn: meridian
• 宇宙射线 yǔ zhòu shè xiàn: cosmic ray
• 宇宙线 yǔ zhòu xiàn: cosmic ray
• 定直线 dìng zhí xiàn: directrix of a parabola
• 实线 shí xiàn: solid line
• 实际控制线 shí jì kòng zhì xiàn: Line of Actual Control (LAC), separating Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory
• 封锁线 fēng suǒ xiàn: blockade line; cordon
• 射线 shè xiàn: ray
• 专线 zhuān xiàn: special-purpose phone line or communications link
• 对角线 duì jiǎo xiàn: (geometry) a diagonal
• 导火线 dǎo huǒ xiàn: fuse (for explosives)
• 导线 dǎo xiàn: electrical lead
• 小节线 xiǎo jié xiàn: barline (music)
• 峰线 fēng xiàn: mountain ridge line
• 布线 bù xiàn: wiring
• 平行线 píng xíng xiàn: parallel lines
• 平面曲线 píng miàn qū xiàn: (math.) plane curve
• 干线 gàn xiàn: main line
• 延长线 yán cháng xiàn: extension cord
• 延音线 yán yīn xiàn: tie (music)
• 引火线 yǐn huǒ xiàn: fuse (for explosives)
• 引线 yǐn xiàn: fuse (for an explosive device)
• 引线穿针 yǐn xiàn chuān zhēn: to thread a needle
• 弧线 hú xiàn: arc
• 弧线长 hú xiàn cháng: arc length
• 微波天线 wēi bō tiān xiàn: microwave antenna
• 心理防线 xīn lǐ fáng xiàn: psychological barrier
• 爱克斯射线 ài kè sī shè xiàn: X-ray radiation
• 感应线圈 gǎn yìng xiàn quān: induction coil
• 截线 jié xiàn: intersecting line
• 战线 zhàn xiàn: battle line
• 投影线 tóu yǐng xiàn: line of project
• 折线 zhé xiàn: broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments)
• 折线图 zhé xiàn tú: line chart
• 拆线 chāi xiàn: to remove stitches (from a wound)
• 抛物线 pāo wù xiàn: parabola
• 括线 kuò xiàn: small angle brackets 「 」
• 卷线器 juǎn xiàn qì: fishing reel
• 掉线 diào xiàn: to get disconnected (from the Internet)
• 挂线 guà xiàn: to hang up the phone
• 接线 jiē xiàn: wiring
• 接线员 jiē xiàn yuán: switchboard operator
• 接线板 jiē xiàn bǎn: power strip
• 接线生 jiē xiàn shēng: switchboard operator
• 接线盒 jiē xiàn hé: junction box (elec.)
• 提线木偶 tí xiàn mù ǒu: marionette
• 插线板 chā xiàn bǎn: power strip
• 摆线 bǎi xiàn: cycloid
• 支线 zhī xiàn: branch line
• 收线 shōu xiàn: to reel in (a fishing line etc)
• 攻击线 gōng jī xiàn: the front line
• 放射线 fàng shè xiàn: radiation
• 放线 fàng xiàn: (angling) to play a fish
• 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
• 数字用户线路 shù zì yòng hù xiàn lù: digital subscriber line (DSL)
• 数据总线 shù jù zǒng xiàn: data bus (computer)
• 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)
• 斑马线 bān mǎ xiàn: crosswalk
• 斜线 xié xiàn: oblique line
• 斜线号 xié xiàn hào: slash (punct.)
• 新干线 xīn gàn xiàn: Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
• 断层线 duàn céng xiàn: geological fault line
• 断线 duàn xiàn: (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break
• 断线钳 duàn xiàn qián: bolt cutter
• 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)
• 时间线 shí jiān xiàn: timeline
• 暗线光谱 àn xiàn guāng pǔ: dark-line spectrum
• 曲线图 qū xiàn tú: line graph
• 曲线拟合 qū xiàn nǐ hé: curve fitting
• 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
• 曲线论 qū xiàn lùn: the theory of curves
• 曲线锯 qū xiàn ju: jigsaw
• 有线 yǒu xiàn: wired
• 有线新闻网 yǒu xiàn xīn wén wǎng: Cable Network News (CNN)
• 有线电视 yǒu xiàn diàn shì: cable television
• 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]
• 本初子午线 běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn: the first meridian
• 束线带 shù xiàn dài: cable tie
• 格林尼治本初子午线 gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn: the Greenwich meridian
• 桑地诺民族解放阵线 sāng dì nuò mín zú jiě fàng zhèn xiàn: Sandinista National Liberation Front
• 棉线 mián xiàn: cotton thread
• 标线 biāo xiàn: marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists)
• 橡皮线 xiàng pí xiàn: wire (sheathed in rubber)
• 椭圆曲线 tuǒ yuán qū xiàn: (math.) elliptic curve
• 横截线 héng jié xiàn: transversal line
• 横线 héng xiàn: horizontal line
• 正确路线 zhèng què lù xiàn: correct line (i.e. the party line)
• 死线 sǐ xiàn: deadline (loanword)
• 母线 mǔ xiàn: generating line
• 毛线 máo xiàn: knitting wool