沿
线

Along the line (e.g. railway) in Chinese: 沿线 (yán xiàn)

yán xiàn

along the line (e.g. railway)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 沿線1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1along the line (e.g. railway)
  2. 2the region near the line

Stroke order

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沿
线

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄢˊ

yán

ㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄢˋ

xiàn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

沿线

Simplified

沿線

Traditional

Example sentences

See 沿线 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 铁路沿线有很多小村庄。

    tiě lù yán xiàn yǒu hěn duō xiǎo cūn zhuāng。

    There are many small villages along the railway.

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Related words

线

xiàn

thread

沿

yán

along

占线

zhàn xiàn

busy (telephone line)

路线

lù xiàn

itinerary

光线

guāng xiàn

light ray

线索

xiàn suǒ

trail

直线

zhí xiàn

straight line

热线

rè xiàn

hotline (communications link)

线路

xiàn lù

(electricity) line

沿海

yán hǎi

coastal

沿着

yán zhe

to go along

底线

dǐ xiàn

bottom line

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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