[-线]

Jyutping kuk1 sin3
Pinyin qū xiàn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. curve
  2. curved line
  3. indirect
  4. in a roundabout way
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    通常​指​曲率​唔​係​零​(​唔​係​最​短​、​唔​係​直​)​嘅​線​(​量​詞​:​條​)
    curved line
    • 生長曲線圖
      生长曲线图
      sang1 zoeng2 kuk1 sin3 tou4
      (child) growth chart
  2. 名詞
    女性​身材​嘅​線​條
    curves, a curving contour of a woman's figure
  3. 名詞
    間接​咁​表達​意見​,​常​見​喺​文章​表面​講某​一方​嘅​説​話​,​實際​有諷​刺並​引起​負面​想法
    sarcasm
    • 曲線救國
      曲线救国
      kuk1 sin3 gau3 gwok3
      to save the nation through indirect path
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    curve; bend; curl; curvature
    • 蒂姆·伯頓導演的電影出名的原因是在這些影片中有很多的曲線。
      蒂姆·伯顿导演的电影出名的原因是在这些影片中有很多的曲线。
      dì mǔ bó dùn dǎo yǎn de diàn yǐng chū míng de yuán yīn shì zài zhè xiē yǐng piàn zhōng yǒu hěn duō de qū xiàn .
      The movies Tim Burton directs are famous for their many curves.
  2. noun
    curve (Classifier: 條/条 m; 根 m)
  3. noun
    curved contour; curves; curvaceous figure of a woman
  4. adj, attributive
    indirect; roundabout; circuitous; inexplicit
  5. verb, Cantonese, Hong-Kong, Internet
    to do something indirectly, usually in a mocking or ridiculing manner
    • 其实你系曲线紧定系真心钟意佢㗎?
      其实你系曲线紧定系真心钟意佢㗎?
      kei4 sat6 nei5 hai6 kuk1 sin3 gan2 ding6 hai6 zan1 sam1 zung1 ji3 keoi5 gaa3?
      Actually, are you mocking and pretending [to be liking him], or do you genuinely like him?
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #3369
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    真正的女人曲线窈窕。
    真正的女人曲線窈窕。
    zhēn zhèng de nǚ rén qū xiàn yǎo tiǎo 。
    • Real women have curves.
  2. Mandarin
    在图形上,正态分布是一种钟形曲线,越接近中心,取值越大,越远离中心,取值越小。
    在圖形上,正態分佈是一種鐘形曲線,越接近中心,取值越大,越遠離中心,取值越小。
    zài tú xíng shàng , zhèng tài fēn bù shì yī zhǒng zhōng xíng qū xiàn , yuè jiē jìn zhōng xīn , qǔ zhí yuè dà , yuè yuǎn lí zhōng xīn , qǔ zhí yuè xiǎo 。
    • In its graphical representation, the normal distribution is a bell-shaped curve, with the value growing as one moves closer to the middle and decreasing as one moves away.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    曲线
    曲線
    kuk1 sin3
    • curve
  2. Cantonese
    生长曲线图
    生長曲線圖
    sang1 zoeng2 kuk1 sin3 tou4
    • (child) growth chart
  3. Cantonese
    曲线救国
    曲線救國
    kuk1 sin3 gau3 gwok3
    • to save the nation through indirect path
    • to save the country indirectly
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    蒂姆·伯顿导演的电影出名的原因是在这些影片中有很多的曲线。
    蒂姆·伯頓導演的電影出名的原因是在這些影片中有很多的曲線。
    dì mǔ bó dùn dǎo yǎn de diàn yǐng chū míng de yuán yīn shì zài zhè xiē yǐng piàn zhōng yǒu hěn duō de qū xiàn .
    • The movies Tim Burton directs are famous for their many curves.