流水线

流水線

liúshuǐxiàn

noun #26,676

Measure Word

一条流水线 tiáo

Meanings

1 assembly line
2 production line
3 (computing) pipeline

Characters

to flow; current

line; thread; wire

Examples

工厂里新增了三条流水线。

Gōngchǎng lǐ xīnzēng le sāntiáo liúshuǐxiàn.

The factory added three new assembly lines.

这个芯片采用了先进的流水线架构。

Zhège xīnpiàn cǎiyòng le xiānjìn de liúshuǐxiàn jiàgòu.

This chip uses an advanced pipeline architecture.

流水线作业提高了生产效率。

Liúshuǐxiàn zuòyè tígāo le shēngchǎn xiàolǜ.

Assembly-line work has increased production efficiency.

Tips

memory

流水 means 'flowing water' and 线 means 'line' — items move along the line like water flowing downstream, each station adding something until the product is complete.

Stroke Order

流 liú

水 shuǐ

线 xiàn