黑線

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (黑線/黑綫)		黑	線/綫
simp. (黑线)		黑	线

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hēixiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄟㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ sin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hēixiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄟㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: heisiàn
  - Wade–Giles: hei¹-hsien⁴
  - Yale: hēi-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heishiann
  - Palladius: хэйсянь (xɛjsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ sin³
  - Yale: hāk sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ siːn³³/

Noun

黑線

(literally) black line; black string
(figurative, politics) black line (used during the Cultural Revolution to refer to things counterrevolutionary)
(neologism, Internet slang) the vertical lines in the emoji -_-||||| which conveys a sense of helplessness, cheerlessness, awkwardness, etc.

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 烏線／乌线

Derived terms

一臉黑線 / 一脸黑线
一頭黑線 / 一头黑线
滿臉黑線 / 满脸黑线
滿頭黑線 / 满头黑线

See also

Japanese: ガーン (gān), タレ線 (tare-sen)