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干线

gàn xiàn

2-character word Traditional 幹線

What 干线 means

1. main line
2. trunk line

The characters in 干线

• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 线xiànthread; string; wire

Example sentences

• 新的新干线多快呀！
  Xīn de Xīngànxiàn duō kuài ya!
  How fast the new Shinkansen goes!

Words containing 干线

• 新干线Xīn gàn xiànShinkansen, Japan's high-speed rail network; Shinkansen train
• 主干线zhǔ gàn xiàntrunk line (of road, network etc); backbone (cable)

Sounds the same

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

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