黑線

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (黑線/黑綫)		黑	線/綫
simp. (黑线)		黑	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēixiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēixiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heisiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-hsien⁴
    • Yale: hēi-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heishiann
    • Palladius: хэйсянь (xɛjsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ sin³
    • Yale: hāk sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ siːn³³/

Noun

黑線

1. (literally) black line; black string
2. (figurative, politics) black line (used during the Cultural Revolution to refer to things counterrevolutionary)
3. (neologism, Internet slang) the vertical lines in the emoji -_-||||| which conveys a sense of helplessness, cheerlessness, awkwardness, etc.

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 烏線／乌线

Derived terms

• 一臉黑線／一脸黑线
• 一頭黑線／一头黑线
• 滿臉黑線／满脸黑线
• 滿頭黑線／满头黑线

 

See also

• Japanese: ガーン (gān), タレ線 (tare-sen)