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线
線
xiàn
1. thread
2. string
3. wire
4. line
5. CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]], [[股<gǔ>]], [[根<gēn>]]
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

线
xiàn
line, thread, wire; clue, trail
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

一线
yīxiàn
front line
上线
shàngxiàn
to go online
下线
xiàxiàn
to go offline
中线
zhōngxiàn
half-way line
串线
chuànxiàn
to get the lines crossed
主线
zhǔxiàn
main line (of communication)
占线
zhànxiàn
busy (telephone line)
HSK 4
光线
guāngxiàn
light ray
全线
quánxiàn
the whole front (in a war)
凸线
tūxiàn
convex curve
凹线
āoxiàn
groove
出线
chūxiàn
out of bounds
切线
qiēxiàn
tangent line (geometry)
前线
qiánxiàn
front line
割线
gēxiàn
line interval
划线
huàxiàn
to delineate
吊线
diàoxiàn
plumbline
在线
zàixiàn
online
地线
dìxiàn
earth (wire)
均线
jūnxiàn
graph of average values

Alternate Entries

线
xiàn
variant of [[線|线<xiàn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
429
Word Frequency Rank
631 of 84,292