十八線

Chinese

		eighteen; 18	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (十八線/十八綫)		十八	線/綫
simp. (十八线)		十八	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíbāxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíbāxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhbasiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-pa¹-hsien⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-bā-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrbashiann
    • Palladius: шибасянь (šibasjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Noun

十八線

1. (often attributive) “18th tier”; bottom tier

   該藝人一直徘徊在十八線 [MSC, trad.]
   该艺人一直徘徊在十八线 [MSC, simp.]

   gāi yìrén yīzhí páihuái zài shíbāxiàn [Pinyin]

   this artist has constantly been stuck in the bottom tier

   呆在十八線小城市 [MSC, trad.]
   呆在十八线小城市 [MSC, simp.]

   dāi zài shíbāxiàn xiǎo chéngshì [Pinyin]

   to stay in a bottom-tier small city