三八線

Chinese

		three	eight	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (三八線/三八綫)		三	八	線/綫
simp. (三八线)		三	八	线

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānbāxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄅㄚㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ baat³ sin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānbāxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄅㄚㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanbasiàn
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-pa¹-hsien⁴
  - Yale: sān-bā-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanbashiann
  - Palladius: саньбасянь (sanʹbasjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ baat³ sin³
  - Yale: sāam baat sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ baat⁸ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ bad³ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ paːt̚³ siːn³³/

Proper noun

三八線

(historical) the latitude of 38th parallel north (which served also as the actual control line prior to the Korean War)
Military Demarcation Line (between North and South Korea nowadays)

Noun

三八線

(figurative, Mainland China) boundary line between deskmates