針線

See also: 针线

Chinese

		needle; pin; injection	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (針線/針綫)		針	線/綫
simp. (针线)		针	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ sin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂m-sien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cham-sòaⁿ / chiam-sòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnxiàn → zhēnxian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˋ → ㄓㄣ ˙ㄒㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhensiån
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-hsien⁵
    • Yale: jēn-syan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen.shiann
    • Palladius: чжэньсянь (čžɛnʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ sin³
    • Yale: jām sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂m-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziim´ xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zim¹ xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨm²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cham-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsam-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zamsvoax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sam³³ suã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciamsvoax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/

Noun

針線

1. needlework; needle and thread

Synonyms

• 女事 (nǚshì) (archaic)
• 女工 (nǚgōng)
• 女紅／女红 (nǚgōng)
• 針指／针指 (zhēnzhǐ) (literary)
• 針線活／针线活 (zhēnxiànhuó)
• 針線活兒／针线活儿 (zhēnxiànhuór)
• 針黹／针黹 (zhēnzhǐ) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 針線包／针线包 (zhēnxiànbāo)
• 針線活／针线活 (zhēnxiànhuó)
• 針線活兒／针线活儿 (zhēnxiànhuór)