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

• 传输线(傳輸線) transmission line
• 峰线(峰線) mountain ridge line
• 磁力线(磁力線) line of magnetic flux
• 天际线(天際線) skyline; horizon
• 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
• 斑马线(斑馬線) to hatch
• 分界线(分界線) dividing line
• 路线(路線) path; route ; line of approach in doing something
• 交叉阴影线(交叉陰影線) hatched lines; cross-hatched graphic pattern
• 通信线(通信線) communication line; hot line
• 曲线论(曲線論) the theory of curves
• 内线交易(內線交易) insider trading (illegal share-dealing)
• 划线板(劃線板) ruler (used for drawing lines)
• 端线(端線) end line; baseline
• 横截线(橫截線) transversal line
• 无线(無線) wireless ; wireless
• 有线 wired; cable ; wired; cable (television)
• 国界线(國界線) border between countries; line forming the border
• 经纬线(經緯線) lines of latitude and longitude
• 越出界线(越出界線) to exceed; to overstep the limit
• 线性波(線性波) linear wave
• 班线(班線) route (of a bus etc)
• 米线(米線) rice-flour noodles
• 电源线(電源線) power cable
• 缴线(繳線) to wind a thread
• 无线射频识别系统(無線射頻識別系統) Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID)
• 高压线(高壓線) high tension power line
• 退居二线(退居二線) to withdraw to the second line of duty; to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)
• 基线(基線) base (of a triangle); base line (in geodetic survey)
• 中轴线(中軸線) central axis (line)
• 线报(線報) tip-off
• 虚线(虛線) a dotted line
• 支线(支線) a branch line
• 划线(劃線) to delineate; to draw a line; to underline
• 南回归线(南回歸線) Tropic of Capricorn
• 椭圆曲线(橢圓曲線) elliptic curve
• 码线(碼線) yard line
• 下划线(下劃線) underscore; underline
• 无线电管理委员会(無線電管理委員會) Wireless transmission regulatory commission
• 阴线(陰線) to incise; to engrave
• 断线(斷線) (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break; (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued; (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected
• 铁路线(鐵路線) railway line
• 延长线(延長線) extension cord; extended line; powerstrip
• 异面直线(異面直線) skew lines
• 抛物线(拋物線) parabola
• 边界线(邊界線) boundary line; border line
• 折线(折線) broken line; zigzag; polygonal line; dog leg
• 终点线(終點線) finishing line

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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
• 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
• 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