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线

xiàn

line, thread, wire; clue

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Example sentences

  • 他总是在线。

    Tā zǒng shì zài xiàn

    He is always online.

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  • 他经常在线。

    Tā jīng cháng zài xiàn

    He is always online.

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  • 他总是不上线。

    Tā zǒng shì bù shàng xiàn

    He's never online.

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  • 在这里画一条直线。

    Zài zhè lǐ huà yī tiáo zhí xiàn

    Draw a straight line here.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 线

  • 线xiàn 4thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
  • 路线lù xiàn 4–4 itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road)
  • 线索xiàn suǒ 4–3 trail; clues; thread (of a story)
  • 光线guāng xiàn 1–4 light ray; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph)
  • 直线zhí xiàn 2–4 straight line; sharply (rise or fall)
  • 占线zhàn xiàn 4–4 busy (telephone line)
  • 线路xiàn lù 4–4 (electricity) line; circuit; wire; (traffic) road; track; route
  • 热线rè xiàn 4–4 hotline (communications link)
  • 视线shì xiàn 4–4 line of sight
  • 无线wú xiàn 2–4 wireless
  • 底线dǐ xiàn 3–4 bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline; (sewing) under thread; spy; informer; plant
  • 曲线qū xiàn 1–4 curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way