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垂線

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See also: 垂线

Chinese

		to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (垂線/垂綫)		垂	線/綫
simp. (垂线)		垂	线

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuíxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁴ sin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuíxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuéisiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻui²-hsien⁴
  - Yale: chwéi-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chweishiann
  - Palladius: чуйсянь (čujsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁴ sin³
  - Yale: sèuih sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁴ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁴ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²¹ siːn³³/

Noun

垂線

(geometry) perpendicular line; vertical line

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
垂	線
すい Grade: 6	せん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいせん [súꜜìsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨisẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

垂(すい)線(せん) • (suisen)

(geometry) perpendicular line

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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