伏線

Chinese

		conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (伏線/伏綫)		伏	線/綫
simp. (伏线)		伏	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk⁶ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: fú-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushiann
    • Palladius: фусянь (fusjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fuk⁶ sin³
    • Yale: fuhk sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚² siːn³³/

Noun

伏線

1. foreshadowing (in literature, film, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伏	線
ふく Grade: S	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふくせん [fùkúséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

伏(ふく)線(せん) • (fukusen) ^{←ふくせん (fukusen)?}

1. preparation, foreshadow

   伏線(ふくせん)回収(かいしゅう)

   fukusen kaishū

   firing Chekhov's gun

Korean

Hanja in this term
伏	線

Noun

伏線 • (bokseon) (hangeul 복선)

1. Hanja form^? of 복선 (“plot, foreshadowing”).