線索

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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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiànsuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian⁴ so²
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³ sok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sien-sok
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sòaⁿ-soh

(Teochew, Peng'im): suan³ soh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànsuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànsuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-so³
  - Yale: syàn-swǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannsuoo
  - Palladius: сяньсо (sjanʹso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xian⁴ so²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xianso
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn²¹³ so²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin³ sok³
  - Yale: sin sok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin³ sok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin³ sog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³ sɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sien-sok
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien sog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian⁴ sog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en⁵⁵ sok̚²/
Southern Min
- (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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: suan³ soh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suàⁿ soh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ soʔ²/

Noun

線索

clue; hint; lead (Classifier: 條／条)
破案線索／破案线索 ― pò'àn xiànsuǒ ― clues for solving a case/crime
thread (of a story, plot); sequence of ideas (Classifier: 條／条)
故事線索／故事线索 ― gùshi xiànsuǒ ― thread of a story; storyline

敘事線索／叙事线索 ― xùshì xiànsuǒ ― narrative thread
(literary) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) news; intelligence (Classifier: 條／条)
(literary) cotton rope

Synonyms

(clue):

徵候兒 / 征候儿 (zhēnghour) (Beijing Mandarin)
意思
景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
眉目 (méimu)
端倪 (duānní)
苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
跡象 / 迹象 (jìxiàng)
頭緒 / 头绪 (tóuxù)
頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

(information):

信 (literary, or in compounds)
信息 (xìnxī) (chiefly Mainland China)
情報 / 情报 (qíngbào) (especially in the military or espionage)
消息
耗 (literary, or in compounds, chiefly bad news)
資訊 / 资讯 (zīxùn) (chiefly Taiwan and Hong Kong)

(sequence of ideas): 脈絡／脉络 (màiluò)
(cotton rope): 線繩／线绳 (xiànshéng)

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