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

• 椭圆曲线(橢圓曲線) elliptic curve
• 提线木偶(提線木偶) marionette
• 直线加速器(直線加速器) linear accelerator
• 等压线(等壓線) isobar (line of equal pressure)
• 挂线(掛線) to hang up the phone
• 螺线管(螺線管) solenoid; coil
• 垂线(垂線) perpendicular line; vertical line
• 无线电(無線電) wireless; radio
• 异面直线(異面直線) skew lines
• 毛线(毛線) knitting wool; wool yarn
• 曲线拟合(曲線擬合) curve fitting
• 断层线(斷層線) geological fault line
• 路线图(路線圖) a route map; a roadmap
• 接线(接線) to connect a line; to connect a telephone call ; to make an introduction
• 缠线(纏線) to be bound together with
• 针线(針線) needle and thread ; needlework; sewing
• 串线(串線) to get the lines crossed
• 等熵线(等熵線) isentropic curve (physics})
• 支线(支線) a branch line
• 导线(導線) an electrical lead
• 上线(上線) to go online; to put something online
• 放长线钓大鱼(放長線釣大魚) use a long line to catch a big fish; a long-term plan for major returns
• 线性回归(線性回歸) linear regression
• 分界线(分界線) dividing line
• 天线(天線) an aerial; an antenna
• 爱克斯射线(愛克斯射線) X-ray radiation
• 北回归线(北回歸線) Tropic of Cancer
• 无线射频识别系统(無線射頻識別系統) Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID)
• 线速度(線速度) linear velocity
• 针线活(針線活) to make a living by sewing
• 端线(端線) end line; baseline
• 平面曲线(平面曲線) plane curve
• 光线(光線) light ray; optical line; optical cable; lighting
• 磁力线(磁力線) line of magnetic flux
• 沿线(沿線) along the line (e.g. railway); the region near the line
• 黐线(黐線) crazy; insane
• 大地线(大地線) a geodesic (curve)
• 停火线(停火線) cease-fire line
• 眼线笔(眼線筆) eyeliner (cosmetics)
• 黑线鳕(黑線鱈) haddock
• 引线(引線) fuse (for an explosive device); electrical lead; intermediary; catalyst; (dialect) sewing needle
• 长流水，不断线(長流水，不斷線) continuous and patient effort
• 装配线(裝配線) assembly line; production line
• 底线(底線) to underline; bottom line; base line (in sports); baseline; minimum; spy; plant

Also contained in

流水线 、 木栅线 、 反斜线 、 前端总线 、 缆线数据机 、 三八线 、 有线新闻网

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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
• 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — 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
• 卷四十八　志第一:　　天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Yuan 元史 — 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
• 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
• 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