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线
Trad. 線
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 糸
Strokes 6
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 纟戋
Prononciation
Mandarin xiàn
Entry Methods
Pinyin xian4
Kanji /
Cangjie
 VMIJ
女一戈十
Sijiao 231.5
Wubi XGT
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+7EBF
GB2312 CFDF
线 xiàn thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
Results beginning with 线
线路 xiàn lù (electricity) line / circuit / wire / (traffic) road / track / route
线上 xiàn shàng online
线索 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story)
线条 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
线程 xiàn chéng (computing) thread
线性 xiàn xìng linear / linearity
线圈 xiàn quān solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil
线缆 xiàn lǎn cable / wire / cord (computer)
线段 xiàn duàn line segment
线人 xiàn rén spy / informer
线束  wiring harness
线图 xiàn tú line drawing / diagram / line graph
线虫 xiàn chóng nematode
线绳 xiàn shéng string / cotton rope
线轴 xiàn zhóu thread spool
线报 xiàn bào tip-off
线杆 xiàn gǎn telephone pole / utility pole
线规 xiàn guī wire gauge
线脚 xiàn jiǎo seam / stitching / decorative trim / molding (used to conceal joints in architecture or interior design)
线锯 xiàn jù fret saw / jigsaw
线团 xiàn tuán ball of string
线西 Xiàn xī Xianxi or Hsienhsi Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
线下 xiàn xià offline / below the line
线香 xiàn xiāng incense stick
线状 xiàn zhuàng linear
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线粒体 xiàn lì tǐ mitochondrion
线速度 xiàn sù dù linear velocity
线圈般 xiàn quān bān solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil
线尾燕 xiàn wěi yàn (bird species of China) wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii)
线性波 xiàn xìng bō linear wave
线形图 xiàn xíng tú line chart
线性图 xiàn xìng tú line chart
线西乡 Xiàn xī xiāng Xianxi or Hsienhsi Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
线粒体DNA xiàn lì tǐ D N A mitochondrial DNA
线性代数 xiàn xìng dài shù linear algebra
线状要素  lineament
线性滤波  linear filtering
线性作业  linear processing / sequential processing
线蛱蝶属 xiàn jiá dié shǔ Limenitis
线上查询 xiàn shàng chá xún online search
线性方程 xiàn xìng fāng chéng linear equation (math.)
线性规划 xiàn xìng guī huà linear programming
线性回归 xiàn xìng huí guī linear regression (statistics)
线性空间 xiàn xìng kōng jiān (math.) vector space / linear space
线性算子 xiàn xìng suàn zi linear operator (math.)
线性位移 xiàn xìng wèi yí linear displacement
线性系统 xiàn xìng xì tǒng linear system
线能量转移  linear energy transfer
线能量传递  linear energy transfer
线性差动变压器  linear variable differential transformer
线控简易爆炸装置  command wire improvised explosive device
Approximate Results for 线
K线 K xiàn candlestick (in a candlestick chart)
在线 zài xiàn online
离线 lí xiàn (computing) offline
热线 rè xiàn hotline (communications link)
无线 wú xiàn wireless
路线 lù xiàn itinerary / route / political line (e.g. right revisionist road) / CL:條|条[tiao2]
一线 yī xiàn front line
视线 shì xiàn line of sight
曲线 qū xiàn curve / curved line / indirect / in a roundabout way
有线 yǒu xiàn wired / cable (television)
上线 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc)
短线 duǎn xiàn short term
光线 guāng xiàn light ray / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4] / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)
直线 zhí xiàn straight line / sharply (rise or fall)
下线 xià xiàn to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme)
专线 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2]
全线 quán xiàn the whole front (in a war) / the whole length (of a road or railway line)
总线 zǒng xiàn computer bus
天线 tiān xiàn antenna / mast / connection with high-ranking officials
前线 qián xiàn front line / military front / workface / cutting edge
航线 háng xiàn air or shipping route
电线 diàn xiàn wire / power cord / CL:根[gen1]
连线 lián xiàn electrical lead / connecting line / (Tw) to connect (to a network, device etc) / to go online / connection / (congressional) caucus
防线 fáng xiàn defensive line or perimeter / CL:道[dao4]
底线 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant
布线 bù xiàn wiring
均线 jūn xiàn graph of average values
管线 guǎn xiàn pipeline / general term for pipes, cables etc
沿线 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line
战线 zhàn xiàn battle line / battlefront / front
中线 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line
出线 chū xiàn (sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success
主线 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
长线 cháng xiàn long term
弧线 hú xiàn arc
断线 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off
接线 jiē xiàn wiring / to connect a wire
红线 hóng xiàn red line
火线 huǒ xiàn firing line (battle) / live electrical wire
干线 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line
导线 dǎo xiàn electrical lead
射线 shè xiàn ray
界线 jiè xiàn limits / bounds / dividing line
外线 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line
支线 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story)
掉线 diào xiàn to get disconnected (from the Internet)
眼线 yǎn xiàn informer / snitch / spy / scout / (cosmetics) eye line
纱线 shā xiàn yarn
引线 yǐn xiàn fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle
划线 huà xiàn to delineate / to draw a line / to underline
阵线 zhèn xiàn a front (militant group) / line of battle / alignment (towards a political party etc)
环线 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway)
毛线 máo xiàn knitting wool / wool yarn
丝线 sī xiàn silk thread (for sewing) / silk yarn (for weaving)
米线 mǐ xiàn rice-flour noodles
横线 héng xiàn horizontal line / (math.) horizontal axis
轴线 zhóu xiàn central axis (line)
边线 biān xiàn sideline / foul line
斜线 xié xiàn oblique line / slash (symbol)
细线 xì xiàn string / thread
流线 liú xiàn streamline (physics)
针线 zhēn xiàn needle and thread / needlework
母线 mǔ xiàn generating line / generatrix (in geometry) / bus (in electronics) / bus bar
地线 dì xiàn earth (wire) / ground
占线 zhàn xiàn busy (telephone line)
标线 biāo xiàn marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists) / reticle / graticule
虚线 xū xiàn dotted line / dashed line / (math.) imaginary line
白线 bái xiàn white line (road markings)
牵线 qiān xiàn to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate
基线 jī xiàn baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc) / (math.) base (of a triangle)
切线 qiē xiàn tangent line (geometry)
摆线 bǎi xiàn cycloid
棉线 mián xiàn cotton thread / yarn cotton
缝线 féng xiàn sewing thread / suture
复线 fù xiàn multiple track (e.g. rail) / multilane (e.g. highway) / (math.) complex line
开线 kāi xiàn to come unsewn / to split at the seam
拆线 chāi xiàn to remove stitches (from a wound)
绒线 róng xiàn wool / woolen thread
折线 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
经线 jīng xiàn warp / line of longitude / meridian (geography)
压线 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
馈线 kuì xiàn feeder line
实线 shí xiàn solid line / continuous line
雪线 xuě xiàn snow line
垂线 chuí xiàn (math.) perpendicular line / vertical line
埋线 mái xiàn sunken cord (used in bookbinding)
法线 fǎ xiàn (geometry) normal line
牙线 yá xiàn dental floss / CL:條|条[tiao2]
纬线 wěi xiàn woof / line of latitude / parallel
端线 duān xiàn end line / baseline (sports)
墨线 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
侧线  lateral line
准线 zhǔn xiàn directrix line of a parabola / guide line
螺线 luó xiàn spiral
凹线 āo xiàn groove
班线 bān xiàn route (of a bus etc)
绊线 bàn xiàn tripwire
踩线 cǎi xiàn to scout for a tour operator / to reconnoiter a potential tour itinerary / (tennis) to commit a foot fault
测线 cè xiàn profile
产线 chǎn xiàn production line
衬线 chèn xiàn serif (typography)
黐线 chī xiàn crazy / insane (Cantonese)
串线 chuàn xiàn to get the lines crossed
触线 chù xiàn to cross the line / to overdo something / to commit a crime
吊线 diào xiàn plumbline
饵线 ěr xiàn tippet (in fly-fishing)
放线 fàng xiàn (angling) to play a fish / (kite-flying) to let the string out / (dating) to play the field
峰线 fēng xiàn mountain ridge line
伏线 fú xiàn foreshadowing (literary device)
割线 gē xiàn secant line (math.)
共线 gòng xiàn (geometry) collinear / concurrency (a single road serving as a section of multiple routes)
挂线 guà xiàn to hang up the phone
截线 jié xiàn intersecting line
脊线 jǐ xiàn ridge line
迹线 jì xiàn trajectory
括线 kuò xiàn (math.) vinculum
廓线 kuò xiàn profile
蓝线 lán xiàn blue lines
缆线 lǎn xiàn cable
临线 lín xiàn adjacent survey line / adjacent line
绿线 lu:4 xiàn Green Line
码线 mǎ xiàn yard line (sports)
面线 miàn xiàn misua / wheat vermicelli (very thin variety of wheat noodles used esp. in Fujian)
谱线 pǔ xiàn spectral line
绕线 rào xiàn coil winding
声线 shēng xiàn voice (as sth that may be described as husky 沙啞|沙哑[sha1ya3] or deep 低沉[di1chen2] etc) / (physics) sound ray
时线 shí xiàn timeline
收线 shōu xiàn to reel in (a fishing line etc) / to hang up the phone
死线 sǐ xiàn deadline (loanword)
膛线 táng xiàn rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
汀线 tīng xiàn lines formed by waves on a beach
脱线 tuō xiàn derailment / to jump the track (of train) / to derail
凸线 tū xiàn convex curve
虾线 xiā xiàn digestive tract of a shrimp / sand vein
院线 yuàn xiàn theater chain (abbr. for 電影院線|电影院线)
渔线 yú xiàn fishing line
鱼线 yú xiàn fishing line
绽线 zhàn xiàn to have a ripped seam
摺线 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
纵线 zòng xiàn vertical line / vertical coordinate line
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S曲线  S-curve
K线图 K xiàn tú candlestick chart
X射线 x shè xiàn x-ray
x线台 xxiàn tái x-ray table
IDF曲线  Intensity Duration Frequency curve / IDF curve
生产线 shēng chǎn xiàn assembly line / production line
红外线 hóng wài xiàn infrared ray
无线电 wú xiàn diàn radio / wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication) / a radio
分数线 fēn shù xiàn horizontal line (in a fraction) / minimum passing score
紫外线 zǐ wài xiàn ultraviolet ray
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