底線

See also: 底线

Chinese

		background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (底線/底綫)		底	線/綫
simp. (底线)		底	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai² sin³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): doi² suan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: ti³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: dǐ-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diishiann
    • Palladius: дисянь (disjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 底線／底线 底限

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dai² sin³
    • Yale: dái sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai² sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei² xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³⁵ siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: doi² suan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tói suàⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toi⁵²⁻³⁵ sũã²¹³/

Noun

底線

1. (sports) baseline
2. (sewing) lower thread
3. (figurative) threshold; limit; bottom line

   不要挑戰我的底線！ [MSC, trad.]
   不要挑战我的底线！ [MSC, simp.]

   Bùyào tiǎozhàn wǒ de dǐxiàn! [Pinyin]

   Don't test my limit!

4. (Mainland China, espionage) planted agent
5. (Taiwan, typography and computing) underscore

Synonyms

• (limit):

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• 界限 (jièxiàn) (figurative)
• 節限／节限 (jiéxiàn) (literary)
• 限 (xiàn) (formal, or in compounds)
• 限制 (xiànzhì)
• 限度 (xiàndù)
• 雷池 (léichí) (figurative)

 

• (planted agent): 內線／内线 (nèixiàn)