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綫 (sin3) — a ray/thread of (hope) in Cantonese

sin˗₃綫
简 线
Mandarin Pinyin: xian4

Meaning of 綫

nouna ray/thread of (hope)
nounthread; string; wire; cotton
noundemarcation line; boundary; brink
nounclue; undercover/secret agent
nountraffic line/route; political line

Example Sentences with 綫

beiˊ²畀ngoˏ₅我zauˍ₆就jatˉ¹一zouˊ²早sauˉ¹收sin˗₃綫mˎ₄唔tungˎ₄同keoiˏ₅佢deˉ¹嗲gam˗₃咁noiˍ₆耐！
I would have hung up the phone and not chatted with her for so long.
waakˍ₆畫tiuˎ₄條sin˗₃綫dyun6.段。
Draw a line segment.
niˉ¹呢dyunˍ₆段sin˗₃綫dyun6.段。
This line segment.
sin˗₃綫dyunˍ₆段mˎ₄唔zik6.直。
The line segment is not straight.
sin˗₃綫dyunˍ₆段houˊ²好coeng4.長。
The line segment is very long.
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Words Containing 綫

踩鋼綫caai2 gong3 sin3
ropedancer; ropewalker; wirewalking
搭綫daap3 sin3
to call somebody on the phone
串綫cyun3 sin3
wrong number (on a telephone); to misinterpret
天綫架tin1 sin3 gaa3
tv antenna
有綫電視jau5 sin3 din6 si6
cable television
曲綫kuk1 sin3
curve
對角綫deoi3 gok3 sin3
diagonal (line)
黐綫ci1 sin3
crazy (variant of 黐線)
電視綫路din6 si6 sin3 lou6
(n.) television channel (cl: tiu4 條)
機場快綫gei1 coeng4 faai3 sin3
Airport Express (MTR Line)
車綫ce1 sin3
an axel (also 軸線)
搭錯綫daap3 co3 sin3
wrong number (on a telephone); to misinterpret

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