凹线

凹線
āoxiàn
noun

Measure Word

一条凹线 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 groove
  2. 2 concave line
  3. 3 indented line (engineering / drafting)

Examples

Gōngrén zài mùbǎn shàng kè chū le yī dào āoxiàn.
The worker carved a groove into the wooden board.
Zhè ge língjiàn de biǎomiàn yǒu jǐ tiáo píngxíng de āoxiàn.
The surface of this part has several parallel grooves.

Tips

memory
is one of the most pictographic characters in Chinese — the shape itself looks like a depression. Pair it with (tū, convex / bulging out) and you have a perfect visual pair.

Stroke Order

āo
线 xiàn