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細線

简细线 · 繁細線

Mandarin · pinyin xì xiàn

string
thread

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細: xì · fine, tiny; slender, thin
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细: xì · fine, tiny; slender, thin
线: xiàn · line, thread, wire; clue

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4–4 · xi4 xian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sai3 sin3

Cantonese word readings for 細線. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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