鉛線

Chinese

		lead (metal)	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (鉛線/鉛綫)		鉛	線/綫
simp. (铅线)		铅	线

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-sien / yàn-sien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-sòaⁿ

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: iân-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iensvoax
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ suã²¹/

Noun

鉛線

1. (Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien) iron wire
2. (Philippine Hokkien) wire (metal thread)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鐵絲 (“iron wire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鐵絲
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鐵絲
	Harbin	鐵絲子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鐵絲兒, 鉛絲兒 galvanized
	Wanrong	鐵絲, 洋鐵絲 dated
	Xi'an	鐵絲
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鐵絲
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	鐵絲
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	鐵線
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鉛絲 galvanized
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鐵線
	Hong Kong	鐵線
Gan	Lichuan	鐵絲
Hakka	Meixian	鐵線仔, 鉛線仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鉛線, 鉛線仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鉛線
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鉛線, 鉛線仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鉛線
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鉛線, 鉛線仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鉛線
Jin	Taiyuan	鐵絲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鐵線
Southern Min	Xiamen	鐵線, 亞鉛線 galvanized, 亞鉛絲 galvanized
	Quanzhou	鐵線, 亞鉛線 galvanized, 亞鉛絲 galvanized
	Jinjiang	鐵線
	Zhangzhou	鐵線, 亞鉛線 galvanized, 亞鉛絲 galvanized
	Taipei	亞鉛線 galvanized, 鉛線
	Kaohsiung	亞鉛線 galvanized, 鉛線
	Manila (Hokkien)	鐵線
	Leizhou	鐵線
	Haikou	鐵紗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鐵線
Wu	Danyang	鐵絲, 鉛絲 galvanized
	Wenzhou	鉛絲 galvanized
Xiang	Loudi	鐵絲子