切线 Chinese English dictionary 切线 translate 切线 pinyin

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切线

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
切线 qiēxiàn	切线 \| 切线* \| *切线	tangent line (geometry)	切線

Character decomposition:

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
切	切 \| 切* \| *切	4画刀刂 + 2	qiē, qiè, qì	cut, mince, slice, carve	cit3	4772.0 PSH


线	线 \| 线* \| *线	8画纟 + 5	xiàn	line, thread, wire; clue	sin3	綫線 2315 VMIJ

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
切线 qiēxiàn	切线 \| 切线* \| *切线	tangent line (geometry)


切 qiē	切 \| 切* \| *切	to cut; to slice; to carve / (math.) tangential


切 qiè	切 \| 切* \| *切	definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)


线　xiàn	线 \| 线* \| *线	variant of 線｜线


线　xiàn	线 \| 线* \| *线	thread / string / wire / line / CL: 條｜条, 股, 根 / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)