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線路
xiànlù
Main
English Definitionline; circuit; wire; road; railway track; bus route
Traditional Script線路
Simplified Script线路
Pinyinxiànlù
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)sin3lou6
Part of Speech(名) noun
Proficiency Test LevelTOP=Advanced
Word Decomposition
線 xiànthread; string; wire; line
路 lùroad; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind; (Chinese surname)

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Words With Same Head Word    
線索xiànsuǒtrail; clues; thread (of a story)
線圖xiàntúline drawing; diagram; line graph
線上xiànshàngonline
線下xiànxiàoffline; below the line
線人xiànrénspy; informer
Words With Same Tail Word    
鐵路tiělùrailroad; railway
道路dàolùroad; path; way
公路gōnglùhighway; road
馬路mǎlùstreet; road
走路zǒulùto walk; to go on foot
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