水平線

See also: 水平线

Chinese

		horizontal; level; standard horizontal; level; standard; level; proficiency; quality; skill	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (水平線/水平綫)		水平	線/綫
simp. (水平线)		水平	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐpíngxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐpíngxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěipíngsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-pʻing²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-píng-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeipyngshiann
    • Palladius: шуйпинсянь (šujpinsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Noun

水平線

1. horizontal line; level line
2. (figurative) level; standard

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	平	線
すい Grade: 1	へい Grade: 3	せん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいへーせん [sùíhééséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝihe̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

水(すい)平(へい)線(せん) • (suiheisen) 

1. horizon on water
2. a horizontal or level line (perpendicular to the force of gravity)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “horizontal line”): 鉛直線(えんちょくせん) (enchokusen): a plumb line

See also

• 地平線(ちへいせん) (chiheisen)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN