線索

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

  (Pinyin): xiànsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³ sok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sien-sok
• Min Nan (POJ): sòaⁿ-soh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiànsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannsuuo
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin³ sok³
    • Yale: sin sok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³ sok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin³ sog³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn³³ sɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sien-sok
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien sog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian⁴ sog⁵
    • IPA: /ɕi̯en⁵⁵ sok̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

Noun

線索

1. trail; clue; thread (Classifier: 條／条)
2. information; message; news; intelligence (Classifier: 條／条)
3. (literary) sequence of ideas
4. (literary) cotton rope

Synonyms

• (clue): 頭緒／头绪 (tóuxù)
• (information): 情報／情报 (qíngbào), 消息 (xiāoxi)
• (sequence of ideas): 脈絡／脉络 (màiluò)
• (cotton rope): 線繩／线绳 (xiànshéng)