白線

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (白線/白綫)		白	線/綫
simp. (白线)		白	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báixiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báixiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báisiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: bái-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshiann
    • Palladius: байсянь (bajsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ sin³
    • Yale: baahk sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² siːn³³/

Noun

白線

1. (literally) white line
2. (anatomy) linea alba

Synonyms

• (linea alba): 腹白線／腹白线 (fùbáixiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	線
はく Grade: 1	せん Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

白 (“white”) +‎ 線 (“line”). Also semantic loan from New Latin līnea alba.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はくせん [hàkúséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊ᵝsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

白(はく)線(せん) • (hakusen) 

1. a white line, such as a line drawn on a street
2. (anatomy) a linea alba

See also

• 黒(こく)線(せん) (kokusen)
• 半(はん)月(げつ)線(せん) (hangetsusen)