紅線

See also: 红线

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (紅線/紅綫)		紅	線/綫
simp. (红线)		红	线

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ sin³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fùng-sien
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): âng-sòaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): ang⁵ suan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-hsien⁴
  - Yale: húng-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngshiann
  - Palladius: хунсянь (xunsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ sin³
  - Yale: hùhng sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùng-sien
  - Hakka Romanization System: fung^ˇ xien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fung² xian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fuŋ¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: âng-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: angsvoax
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²³⁻³³ suã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ang⁵ suan³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng suàⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sũã²¹³/

Noun

紅線

(literally) red line; red string (Classifier: 條／条 c)
(figurative) red thread of fate, relationship between a predestined love couple (as if tied by an invisible red string); marriage or matchmaking (Classifier: 條／条 c mn)
(figurative, literary) betrothal gifts
(figurative, politics) central and politically correct theme of a piece of writing
(figurative) main thread in literary works
(figurative) red line (a boundary or limit which should not be crossed); bottom line

Derived terms

傳紅線 / 传红线
牽紅線 / 牵红线
紅線傳 / 红线传
紅線盜盒 / 红线盗盒

Proper noun

紅線

Hong Xian, the protagonist in the Tang dynasty tale The Story of Hong Xian