斜线

斜線
xiéxiàn
noun #31,923

Measure Word

斜线 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 oblique line
  2. 2 diagonal line
  3. 3 slash (the / symbol)

Examples

HSK 3
Qǐng zài biǎogé shàng huà yì tiáo xiéxiàn.
Please draw a diagonal line on the form.
HSK 4
Wǎngzhǐ lǐ yào yòng xiéxiàn fēngé.
Slashes are used to separate parts of a URL.

Tips

usage
Covers both the geometric concept (a non-vertical, non-horizontal line) and the typographic '/' symbol. For the backslash '\' specifically, Chinese uses 反斜线 (fǎn xiéxiàn) or 反斜杠 (fǎn xiégàng). The everyday computer-keyboard reading is often 斜杠 (xiégàng, 'oblique stick').
culture
斜杠 (the slash itself) has spawned the popular term 斜杠青年 (xiégàng qīngnián) - 'slash youth' - for young professionals with multiple careers (e.g. designer/writer/podcaster), borrowed from American author Marci Alboher's concept of slash careers.

Stroke Order

xié
线 xiàn