Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiàn
English
- thread, line, wire
- thread
- (noun) 1. clue; 2. lane (on road); 3. boundary line
- clue
- string
- wire
- line
- CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]
- (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
- line, movement of a point
- network connection; reception; signal
- thread; string
- route; line
- boundary
- group of frequency of light
- tier
粵語
- 一個點嘅軌跡
- 即係訊號
- 泛指幼條型狀嘅嘢（量詞：條）
- 交通路徑、路段
- 界
- 將光根據頻率分成嘅唔同嘅類別
- 等級；階層
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 線
- 前線cin4 sin3
front line
- 線人sin3 jan4
spy
- 幹線gon3 sin3
main line
- 線條sin3 tiu4
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc)
- 專線zyun1 sin3
special-purpose phone line or communications link
- 收線sau1 sin3
to reel in (a fishing line etc)
- 聲線seng1 sin3
voice (as sth that may be described as husky 沙啞|沙哑[sha1 ya3] or deep 低沉[di1 chen2] etc)
- 內線noi6 sin3
inside source; mole; insider
- 路線lou6 sin3
itinerary
- 無線電mou4 sin3 din6
radio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication)
- 在線zoi6 sin3
online; connected to the Internet
- 線路sin3 lou6
(electricity) line; circuit; wire
- 線上sin3 soeng6
online
- 一線jat1 sin3
front line; front-line position
- 無線mou4 sin3
wireless
- 上線soeng5 sin3
to go online; to put sth online
- 線索sin3 sok3
trail
- 曲線kuk1 sin3
curve
- 航線hong4 sin3
air or shipping route
- 地線dei6 sin3
earth (wire)
- 連線lin4 sin3
electrical lead; connecting line
- 戰線zin3 sin3
battle line
- 紫外線zi2 ngoi6 sin3
ultraviolet ray
- 死線sei2 sin3
deadline (loanword)