线
Meaning
xiàn xian4
- variant of 线
xiàn xian4
- thread
- string
- wire
- line
- (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
Example sentences
- Draw a line on your paper.
- This extension cord is too short.
- Divide this line into twenty equal parts.
- The phone company cut me off last month.
HSK words with 线
- 路线lùxiànitinerary
- 线索xiànsuǒtrail
- 光线guāngxiànlight ray
- 直线zhíxiànstraight line
- 线路xiànlù(electricity) line; circuit; wire
- 热线rèxiànhotline (communications link)
- 占线zhànxiànbusy (telephone line)
- 无线wúxiànwireless
- 底线dǐxiànbottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept
- 视线shìxiànline of sight
- 曲线qūxiàncurve
- 前线qiánxiànfront line
- 一线yīxiànfront line
- 线条xiàntiáoline (in drawing, calligraphy etc)
- 电线diànxiànwire
- 在线zàixiànonline
- 无线电wúxiàndiànwireless
- 天线tiānxiànantenna
- 界线jièxiànlimits
- 起跑线qǐpǎoxiànthe starting line (of a race)
- 第一线dìyīxiànfront line
- 生命线shēngmìngxiànlifeline
- 沿线yánxiànalong the line (e.g. railway)