絨線

Chinese

		velvet; woolen	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (絨線/絨綫)		絨	線/綫
simp. (绒线)		绒	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róngxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ sin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùng-sien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liông-sòaⁿ / jiông-sòaⁿ
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnion-shi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róngxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róngsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: jung²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: rúng-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rongshiann
    • Palladius: жунсянь (žunsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁴ sin³
    • Yale: yùhng sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹ siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: iungˇ xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung² xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iungˇ xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung² xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: liông-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongsvoax
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiông-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: jiông-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiongsvoax
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔŋ¹³⁻²² suã²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnion-shi
    • MiniDict: nyon^去 shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyion-xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲioŋ²² ɕi⁴⁴/

Noun

絨線

1. floss for embroidery
2. (dialectal) knitting wool

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 毛線 (“knitting wool; wool yarn”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毛線
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	毛線
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	毛線
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毛線
	Wanrong	毛線
	Xi'an	毛線
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	絨線, 絨
	Guiyang	毛線, 頭繩 dated
	Liuzhou	冷
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	絨線, 頭繩 dated, 扎綆 dated
Cantonese	Guangzhou	毛冷, 冷
	Hong Kong	毛冷, 冷
	Taishan	冷
	Dongguan	冷
Gan	Nanchang	頭繩子
	Pingxiang	毛線, 洋紅繩, 毛繩, 繩子
Hakka	Meixian	羊毛索
Jin	Taiyuan	毛線
	Xinzhou	毛線子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	羊毛索
Southern Min	Xiamen	羊毛
	Tainan	膨紗
	Shantou	羊毛
	Jieyang	羊毛線, 羊毛紗, 羊毛
	Leizhou	冷
	Haikou	冷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冷
Wu	Shanghai	絨線, 頭繩 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	頭繩
	Danyang	絨線
	Hangzhou	絨線
	Ningbo	絨線
	Wenzhou	絨
	Jinhua	毛線
Xiang	Changsha	洋繩子