毛線

See also: 毛线

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (毛線/毛綫)		毛	線/綫
simp. (毛线)		毛	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máoxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ sin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-sòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máoxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máosiàn
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: máu-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maushiann
    • Palladius: маосянь (maosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ sin³
    • Yale: mòuh sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ siːn³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 毛線 / 毛线 無線 / 无线

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: môo-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mosvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ suã²¹/

Noun

毛線

1. knitting wool; wool yarn (Classifier: 團／团 m)

Synonyms

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

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

Derived terms

• 打毛線 / 打毛线 (dǎ máoxiàn)
• 毛線衣 / 毛线衣 (máoxiànyī)
• 毛線衫 / 毛线衫 (máoxiànshān)

Related terms

• 羊毛 (yángmáo)