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

• 螺线(螺線) spiral
• 线缆(線纜) cable; wire; cord
• 抛物线(拋物線) parabola
• 上纲上线(上綱上線) to criticize (as a matter of principle)
• 死线(死線) deadline
• 等变压线(等變壓線) isallobar (line of equal pressure gradient)
• 视线(視線) view; line of sight
• 无线电广播(無線電廣播) radio broadcast
• 羊毛线(羊毛線) knitting wool; wool yarn
• 紫外线光(紫外線光) ultraviolet light
• 第一线(第一線) first line; frontline
• 等压线(等壓線) isobar (line of equal pressure)
• 括线(括線) small angle brackets 「 」
• 下画线(下畫線) underline
• 子午线(子午線) meridian
• 穿针引线(穿針引線) to thread a needle; to act as a go-between
• 大地线(大地線) a geodesic (curve)
• 经纬线(經緯線) lines of latitude and longitude
• 定直线(定直線) directrix of a parabola
• 划线板(劃線板) ruler (used for drawing lines)
• 数字用户线路(數字用戶線路) digital subscriber line (DSL)
• 三次曲线(三次曲線) cubic curve (geometry)
• 统一战线工作部(統一戰線工作部) United Front Work Department of CPC Central Committee (UFWD)
• 无线电接收机(無線電接收機) receiver (radio)
• 铁线描(鐵線描) iron-wire drawing
• 曲线救国(曲線救國) to secretly work for the enemy
• 飞针走线(飛針走線) flying needle and running seam; skillful needlework
• 用户线(用戶線) subscriber line
• 铁路线(鐵路線) railway line
• 线形图(線形圖) line chart
• 天线宝宝(天線寶寶) Teletubbies
• 丝线(絲線) thread; silk yarn
• 热线(熱線) hotline
• 感应线圈(感應線圈) induction coil; solenoid
• 绒线(絨線) wool; woolen thread
• 断线钳(斷線鉗) bolt cutter
• 针线活(針線活) to make a living by sewing
• 下线仪式(下線儀式) product launching ceremony
• 准线(準線) directrix line of a parabola; guide line
• 牙线(牙線) dental floss
• 事业线(事業線) business line
• 无线电收发机(無線電收發機) transceiver; radio frequency receiver, broadcaster or relay
• 短线(短線) short term
• 线上交易(線上交易) electronic transaction; online transaction
• 宇宙射线(宇宙射線) cosmic ray
• 终点线(終點線) finishing line
• 自动射线摄影(自動射線攝影) autoradiography

Also contained in

有线电视新闻网 、 无线网状网路 、 无线应用协议 、 在线

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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
• 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 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
• 卷四十三　志第二十四:　輿服上 天子車輅、皇后妃嬪車輦、皇太子車制、王公以下車制及鞍勒飾 輿服中 天子袞冕 視朝之服 皇后冠服 皇太子冠服 宗室及外戚並一品命婦 臣下朝服 祭服 公服 輿服下 衣服通制 Volume 43 Treatises 24: Carriages and Clothing 1 - Emperor's Carriages, Empress' and Consorts' Carriages; Crown Prince's Carriages; Princes, Dukes, and below Carriages and Saddlery; Carriages and Clothing 2 - Emperors' Robes and Crowns; Clothing for those Accompanying the Emperor; Empresses' Crown and Clothing; Crown Princes' Crown and Clothing; Dress for the Imperial Clan, Families of Imperial Consorts, and Titled Nobility; Court Dress for Officials; Ceremonial Clothing; Official Clothing; Carriages and Clothing 3 - Tailoring History of Jin 金史 — 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
• 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
• 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