线 (線) xiàn

1. xiàn noun thread; string; wire
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 线 is the 430th most common word in the 1985 Beijing Language Insititue frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, p. 197). 线 is used in this sense in both modern and classical Chinese. Middle Chinese: sjenH (Kroll 2015 '線' 1; NCCED '线' 1)
2. xiàn noun an edge
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '线' 7, 8)
3. xiàn noun a clue; circumstances
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '线' 4; Kroll ‘線’ 2)
4. xiàn measure word a ray
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Of light (Kroll 2015 '線' 1b)
5. xiàn noun a line
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Ho 2002, p. 197; NCCED '线' 2)
6. xiàn noun a route
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Transportation
   Notes: (Ho 2002, p. 197; NCCED '线' 3)
7. xiàn noun a political or party line
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '线' 9)
8. xiàn noun a secret agent
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Government
   Notes: (NCCED '线' 5)
9. xiàn measure word a measure word for thread-like things
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (NCCED '线' 10)

Contained in

• 下画线(下畫線) underline
• 子午线(子午線) meridian
• 伦琴射线(倫琴射線) X-ray; Röntgen or Roentgen ray
• 阴极射线(陰極射線) to discharge from a negative node
• 脱线(脫線) derailment; to jump the track (of train); to derail
• 高压线(高壓線) high tension power line
• 路线图(路線圖) a route map; a roadmap
• 针线活儿(針線活兒) needlework; working for a living as a needleworker
• 延长线(延長線) extension cord; extended line; powerstrip
• 专线(專線) leased line ; hotline
• 及格线(及格線) passing line or score (in an examination)
• 针线箔篱(針線箔籬) wicker sewing basket
• 内线交易(內線交易) insider trading (illegal share-dealing)
• 大地线(大地線) a geodesic (curve)
• 虾线(蝦線) digestive tract of a shrimp; sand vein
• 线段(線段) line segment
• 线下(線下) offline; below the line
• 黐线(黐線) crazy; insane
• 穿针走线(穿針走線) thread a needle
• 橡皮线(橡皮線) wire (sheathed in rubber); cable
• 一线之间(一線之間) a hair's breadth apart; a fine line; a fine distinction
• 棉线(棉線) cotton thread; yarn cotton
• 断线风筝(斷線風箏) a kite with cut string; gone beyond recall
• 感应线圈(感應線圈) induction coil; solenoid
• 长线(長線) long term
• 声线(聲線) tone of voice; timbre
• 无线射频识别系统(無線射頻識別系統) Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID)
• 细线(細線) string; thread
• 黑线鳕(黑線鱈) haddock
• 拆线(拆線) to remove stitches (from a wound)
• 来复线(來復線) rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet)
• 导火线(導火線) fuse (for explosives); proximate cause; the last straw
• 线上银行(線上銀行) online banking; internet banking; electronic banking
• 线性系统(線性系統) linear system
• 雷达天线(雷達天線) radar antenna
• 院线(院線) theater chain
• 投影线(投影線) line of project; projection line
• 光线(光線) light ray; optical line; optical cable; lighting
• 越线(越線) to cross a line
• 射线(射線) ray
• 缝线(縫線) sewing thread; suture
• 微波天线(微波天線) microwave antenna
• 移动平均线指标(移動平均線指標) moving average index (used in financial analysis)
• 全线(全線) the whole front (in a war); the whole length (of a road or railway line)
• 开线(開線) to come unsewn; to split at the seam
• 封锁线(封鎖線) blockade line
• 毛线针(毛線針) knitting needle
• 电源线(電源線) power cable

Also contained in

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 16
• 卷三百十五 列傳第二百〇三 雲南土司三 Volume 315 Biographies 203: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 13
• 第二回 Chapter 35 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 8
• 卷一百五十三 志第一百〇六 輿服五 Volume 153 Treatises 106: Carriages and Clothes 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 52 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 卷四十八　志第一:　　天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 6
• 卷二十五 志第一 天文一 Volume 25 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 70 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5

Collocations

• 金线 (金線) 婿著金線錦袍 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十四 列傳第四十八 諸夷 Volume 54: Various Barbarians — count: 26
• 线真 (線真) 賜線真田戶六百 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷五　本紀第五:　世祖二 Volume 5 Annals 5: Shizu 2 — count: 12
• 黄线 (黃線) 垂攀頂黃線 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 — count: 8
• 线织 (線織) 衤蓋補用金銀線織或緋黃絁 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百四十八 志第一百〇一 儀衞六 Volume 148 Treatises 101: Ceremonial Guards 6 — count: 7
• 线金 (線金) 柱首雕木貼金蹲龍及線金五彩蓮花抱柱 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 — count: 7
• 辫线 (辮線) 辮線襖 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 — count: 6
• 线圆 (線圓) 用攀頂黃線圓條 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 — count: 5
• 茸线 (茸線) 五色茸線 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百五十二 志第一百〇五 輿服四 Volume 152 Treatises 105: Carriages and Clothes 4 — count: 4
• 线袄 (線襖) 辮線襖 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 — count: 4
• 丞相线 (丞相線) 丞相線真以博羅歡聞 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷一百二十一　列傳第八:　速不台 按竺邇 畏答兒 博羅歡 抄思 Volume 121 Biographies 8: Subutai, Anzhu'er, Weida'er, Boluohuan, Chaosi, — count: 4