紅線

See also: 红线

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (紅線/紅綫)		紅	線/綫
simp. (红线)		红	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ sin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fùng-sien

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: húng-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngshiann
    • Palladius: хунсянь (xunsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ sin³
    • Yale: hùhng sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùng-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: fungˇ xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung² xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 紅線

1. (literally) red line; red string
2. (figurative) relationship between a predestined love couple (as if tied by an invisible red string); marriage or matchmaking
3. (figurative, literary) betrothal gifts
4. (figurative, politics) central and politically correct theme of a piece of writing
5. (figurative) main thread in literary works
6. (figurative) red line (a boundary or limit which should not be crossed); bottom line

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 紅線

1. Hong Xian, the protagonist in the Tang dynasty tale The Story of Hong Xian