垂線

See also: 垂线

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (垂線/垂綫)		垂	線/綫
simp. (垂线)		垂	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuíxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuíxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuéisiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻui²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: chwéi-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweishiann
    • Palladius: чуйсянь (čujsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁴ sin³
    • Yale: sèuih sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ siːn³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 垂線

1. (geometry) perpendicular line; vertical line

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
垂	線
すい Grade: 6	せん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

垂(すい)線(せん) • (suisen) 

1. (geometry) perpendicular line