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

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• Red thread of fate (English)

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

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• 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

1. (literally) red line; red string (Classifier: 條／条 c)
2. (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)
3. (figurative, literary) betrothal gifts
4. (figurative, politics) central and politically correct theme of a piece of writing
5. (figurative) main thread in literary works
6. (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

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