伏線

Chinese

		conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (伏線/伏綫)		伏	線/綫
simp. (伏线)		伏	线

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk⁶ sin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fúsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: fu²-hsien⁴
  - Yale: fú-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushiann
  - Palladius: фусянь (fusjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    伏線 / 伏线
    浮現 / 浮现
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fuk⁶ sin³
  - Yale: fuhk sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁹ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fug⁶ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚² siːn³³/

Noun

伏線

foreshadowing (in literature, film, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伏	線
ふく Grade: S	せん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふくせん [fùkúséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

伏(ふく)線(せん) • (fukusen) ^{←ふくせん (fukusen)^?}

preparation, foreshadow
伏線(ふくせん)回収(かいしゅう)
fukusen kaishū
firing Chekhov's gun

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
伏	線

Noun

伏線 • (bokseon) (hangeul 복선)

hanja form^? of 복선 (“plot, foreshadowing”)