三八線

Chinese

		three	eight	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (三八線/三八綫)		三	八	線/綫
simp. (三八线)		三	八	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sān Bā Xiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ baat³ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sān Bā Xiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: San Ba Siàn
    • Wade–Giles: San¹ Pa¹ Hsien⁴
    • Yale: Sān Bā Syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: San Ba Shiann
    • Palladius: Сань Ба Сянь (Sanʹ Ba Sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ baat³ sin³
    • Yale: sāam baat sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ baat⁸ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ bad³ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ paːt̚³ siːn³³/

Proper noun

三八線

1. (literally) the latitude of 38th parallel north
2. Military Demarcation Line (between North and South Korea)