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在线

zài xiàn

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 在線

在线 (zài xiàn) means "online". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 在线 means

1. online; connected to the Internet
2. (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; functioning at a high level

The characters in 在线

• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 线xiànthread; string; wire

Example sentences

• 他总是在线。
  Tā zǒngshì zàixiàn.
  He is always online.
• 他经常在线。
  Tā jīngcháng zàixiàn.
  He is always online.
• 请在线稍候。
  Please hold the line a moment.
• 你什么时候会在线上？
  Nǐ shénmeshíhou huì zàixiàn shàng?
  When will you be online?
• 不好意思，现在线路繁忙。
  Bù hǎoyìsi, xiànzài xiànlù fánmáng.
  Sorry, the line is busy now.

Words containing 在线

• 美国在线Měi guó Zài xiànAmerica Online (AOL)

Sounds the same

Read zài xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 再现to recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic)

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