白線

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (白線/白綫)		白	線/綫
simp. (白线)		白	线

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báixiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ sin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báixiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báisiàn
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-hsien⁴
  - Yale: bái-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshiann
  - Palladius: байсянь (bajsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ sin³
  - Yale: baahk sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² siːn³³/

Noun

白線

(literally) white line
(anatomy) linea alba

Synonyms

(linea alba): 腹白線／腹白线 (fùbáixiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	線
はく Grade: 1	せん Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

白 (“white”) +‎ 線 (“line”). Also semantic loan from New Latin līnea alba.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はくせん [hàkúséń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟̊sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

白(はく)線(せん) • (hakusen)

a white line, such as a line drawn on a street
(anatomy) a linea alba

See also

黒(こく)線(せん) (kokusen)
半(はん)月(げつ)線(せん) (hangetsusen)