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): Sān Bā Xiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ baat³ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sān Bā Xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: San Ba Siàn
    • Wade–Giles: San¹ Pa¹ Hsien⁴
    • Yale: Sān Bā Syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: San Ba Shiann
    • Palladius: Сань Ба Сянь (Sanʹ Ba Sjanʹ)
    • 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

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

Noun

1. (figurative) The boundary line defined on the desk between deskmates, which neither party is allowed to cross. Commonly seen among elementary school students in mainland China.