二線

Chinese

		two	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (二線/二綫)		二	線/綫
simp. (二线)		二	线
Literally: “second line”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: èr-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellshiann
    • Palladius: эрсянь (ersjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ sin³
    • Yale: yih sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² siːn³³/

Noun

二線

1. (military) secondary defence line
2. (figurative) secondary-line post; second-line measure; second-line solution

   退居二線／退居二线  ―  tuìjū èrxiàn  ―  to retire from active life and take up a nominal post

   二線降壓藥／二线降压药  ―  èrxiàn jiàngyāyào  ―  second-line antihypertensive

3. (often attributive) second line; second tier

   二線城市／二线城市  ―  èrxiàn chéngshì  ―  second-tier city

Coordinate terms

• (second line): 一線／一线 (yīxiàn), 三線／三线 (sānxiàn), 四線／四线 (sìxiàn), 五線／五线 (wǔxiàn), 六線／六线 (liùxiàn), 七線／七线 (qīxiàn), 八線／八线 (bāxiàn)