"Yarn" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 纱线 | shā xiàn | yarn |  |
| 毛线 | máo xiàn | knitting wool / wool yarn |  |
| 丝线 | sī xiàn | silk thread (for sewing) / silk yarn (for weaving) | |
| 棉纱 | mián shā | cotton yarn | |
| 棉线 | mián xiàn | cotton thread / yarn cotton | |
| 摆龙门阵 | bǎi lóng mén zhèn | (dialect) to chat / to gossip / to spin a yarn | |
| 纱 |  shā | cotton yarn / muslin | |
| 绞 | jiǎo | to twist (strands into a thread) / to entangle / to wring / to hang (by the neck) / to turn / to wind / classifier for skeins of yarn | |
| 并纱 | bìng shā | doubling (combining two or more lengths of yarn into a single thread) | |
| 羊毛線 | yáng máo xiàn | knitting wool / wool yarn | |
| 纱支 | shā zhī | (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count) | |
| 羊毛线 | yáng máo xiàn | knitting wool / wool yarn | |
| 捯 | dáo | (coll.) to reel in (string, yarn etc) by pulling hand over hand or by coiling / to step along / to look into / to pursue (a matter) | |
