線索

See also: 线索

Chinese

		thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
trad. (線索/綫索)		線/綫	索
simp. (线索)		线	索

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiànsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian⁴ so²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³ sok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sien-sok
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sòaⁿ-soh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suan³ soh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànsuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-so³
    • Yale: syàn-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannsuoo
    • Palladius: сяньсо (sjanʹso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xian⁴ so²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xianso
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn²¹³ so²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin³ sok³
    • Yale: sin sok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³ sok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin³ sog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³ sɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sien-sok
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien sog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian⁴ sog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en⁵⁵ sok̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòaⁿ-soh
    • Tâi-lô: suànn-soh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoarsoiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã²¹⁻⁵³ soʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ soʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã²¹⁻⁵³ soʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suã¹¹⁻⁵³ soʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã²¹⁻⁴¹ sɤʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suan³ soh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suàⁿ soh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ soʔ²/

Noun

線索

1. clue; hint; lead (Classifier: 條／条)

   破案線索／破案线索  ―  pò'àn xiànsuǒ  ―  clues for solving a case/crime

2. thread (of a story, plot); sequence of ideas (Classifier: 條／条)

   故事線索／故事线索  ―  gùshi xiànsuǒ  ―  thread of a story; storyline

   敘事線索／叙事线索  ―  xùshì xiànsuǒ  ―  narrative thread

3. ^† (literary) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) news; intelligence (Classifier: 條／条)
4. ^† (literary) cotton rope

Synonyms

• (clue):

• 徵候兒／征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 意思
• 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
• 眉目 (méimu)
• 端倪 (duānní)
• 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 跡象／迹象 (jìxiàng)
• 頭緒／头绪 (tóuxù)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

• (information):

• 信 (literary, or in compounds)
• 信息 (xìnxī) (chiefly Mainland China)
• 情報／情报 (qíngbào) (especially in the military or espionage)
• 消息
• 耗 (literary, or in compounds, chiefly bad news)
• 資訊／资讯 (zīxùn) (chiefly Taiwan and Hong Kong)

 

• (sequence of ideas): 脈絡／脉络 (màiluò)
• (cotton rope): 線繩／线绳 (xiànshéng)