线

线 in English

xiàn noun, measure word HSK 6
thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

Measure word

  • tiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) attested
  • gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry) attested
  • thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit... attested

Stroke order

Le caractère 线 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 线 Show the animation
Le caractère 線 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Examples

  • 不好意思,现在线路繁忙。

    Sorry, the line is busy now.

  • 地图上的蓝线代表河流。

    The blue lines on the map represent rivers.

  • 巨大的柱子遮住了视线,让人看不到湖。

    A large pillar obstructs the view of the lake.

  • 平行四边形是由两组平行线组成的四边形。

    A parallelogram is a quadrilateral formed from two sets of parallel lines.

  • 我用丝线缝了这条裙子。

    I sewed the dress with silk thread.

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