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

• 断层线(斷層線) geological fault line
• 黑线鳕(黑線鱈) haddock
• 伽马射线(伽馬射線) gamma rays
• 平行线(平行線) parallel lines
• 牵线(牽線) to pull strings; to manipulate (a puppet); to control from behind the scene; to mediate
• 中线(中線) half-way line; median line
• 射线(射線) ray
• 专线(專線) leased line ; hotline
• 越出界线(越出界線) to exceed; to overstep the limit
• 卷线器(捲線器) fishing reel
• 线性代数(線性代數) linear algebra
• 线粒体(線粒體) mitochondrion
• 一线(一線) a thread ; a string; a connection ; front line
• 无线电(無線電) wireless; radio
• 传输线(傳輸線) transmission line
• 划线(劃線) to delineate; to draw a line; to underline
• 高压线(高壓線) high tension power line
• 全线(全線) the whole front (in a war); the whole length (of a road or railway line)
• 主线(主線) main line (of communication); main thread (of a plotline or concept); central theme
• 接线生(接線生) switchboard operator; phone operator
• 埋线(埋線) sunken cord (used in bookbinding)
• 缝线(縫線) sewing thread; suture
• 纹线(紋線) patterns on the hands and feet
• 平面曲线(平面曲線) plane curve
• 二次曲线(二次曲線) quadratic curve ; conic
• 黐线(黐線) crazy; insane
• 飞针走线(飛針走線) flying needle and running seam; skillful needlework
• 航空线(航空線) aviation line
• 天际线(天際線) skyline; horizon
• 伏线(伏線) foreshadowing (literary device)
• 上纲上线(上綱上線) to criticize (as a matter of principle)
• 码线(碼線) yard line
• 新干线(新幹線) Shinkansen
• 双曲线(雙曲線) hyperbola
• 膛线(膛線) rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
• 微波天线(微波天線) microwave antenna
• 横线(橫線) horizontal line; horizontal coordinate line
• 直线加速器(直線加速器) linear accelerator
• 沿线(沿線) along the line (e.g. railway); the region near the line
• 轴线(軸線) an axis; an axis line
• 线上银行(線上銀行) online banking; internet banking; electronic banking
• 线性图(線性圖) line chart
• 线下(線下) offline; below the line
• 青藏线(青藏線) the Qinghai-Tibet route
• 边线(邊線) sideline; foul line

Also contained in

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• 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
• 卷二十五 志第一 天文一 Volume 25 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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