HSK C3/W3/V3
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线

/ xiàn / 
Strokes

Definition

thread/string/wire/line/CL:条[tiáo],股[gǔ],根[gēn]/(after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

Example

As a Noun

thread; string; cotton; wool

1
Xiàn
线
dǎjié
打结
le
了
  
。

The thread has knotted.

2
Mián
棉
  
/
nílóngxiàn
尼龙线

cotton/nylon thread

3
Yòng
用
xiàn
线
féng
缝

sew with thread

4
Bǎ
把
zhūzi
珠子
yòngxiàn
用线
chuān
穿
qǐlai
起来

thread the beads onto a string

5
Bǎ
把
xiàn
线
cóng
从
zhēn
针
yǎnlǐ
眼里
chuān
穿
guòqù
过去

pass a thread through the eye of a needle; thread a needle

6
Ràoxiàn
绕线

wind thread in

7
Fàngxiàn
放线

wind thread out

8
Fǎngxiàn
纺线

spin thread (from cotton)

9
Yī
一
juǎn
卷
xiàn
线

a reel of thread/cotton/wool; a spool of thread

10
Yī
一
gēn
根
xiàn
线

a piece of thread

11
Yī
一
duàn
段
xiàn
线

a length of thread/cotton/wool

As a Noun

line-/thread-shaped thing; wire

12
Qībāo
漆包
xiàn
线

enamelled wire

13
Luǒxiàn
裸线

open wire

14
Diàoyúxiàn
钓鱼线

fishing line

15
Diànhuàxiàn
电话线

telephone wire

16
Bǎ
把
xiàn
线
chěduàn
扯断

tear down a wire

As a Noun

traffic route/line

17
Pūshè
铺设
yī
一
tiáo
条
tiělùxiàn
铁路线

lay down a new line

18
Yùnshūxiàn
运输线

transmission line

19
Yánxiàn
沿线
gè
各
zhàn
站

each station along the railway line

20
Shēngchǎnxiàn
生产线

production line

21
Jīng
京
guǎngxiàn
广线

Beijing-Guangzhou Railway Line

22
Gōngyìngxiàn
供应线

supply route

23
Chètuì
撤退
xiàn
线

line of retreat

24
Chēdào
车道
xiàn
线

bus line

As a Noun

clue

As a Noun

undercover/secret agent

As a Noun

line

As a Noun

demarcation line; boundary

As a Noun

brink; verge

As a Noun

ideological or political line

As a Measure word

[used to modify abstract nouns or numerals indicating few or little]