线
xiàn HSK3

thread

线 (線) xiàn
line noun
a long, narrow mark, geometric path, or boundary

请在虚线上签名。

qǐng zài xū xiàn shàng qiān​míng.

Please sign on the dotted line.

thread noun
a thin, flexible filament of material such as thread, string, or wire

这件衣服的线开了。

zhè jiàn yī​fu de xiàn kāi le.

The stitching on this garment has come undone.

tier noun
an unofficial ranking category for Chinese cities, usually preceded by a number

上海是一线城市。

Shàng​hǎi shì yī xiàn chéng​shì.

Shanghai is a first-tier city.

classifier for light noun
a classifier used for a narrow beam or a tiny amount of something, such as light, hope, or life

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
430th most common 507.8 per million
Movie subtitles
452nd most common 323.9 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
113.0 per million appears in 30% of films
Written text
227.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
線綫
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+7EBF

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)