喊線

Chinese

		call; cry; to shout	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (喊線/喊綫)		喊	線/綫
simp. (喊线)		喊	线
alternative forms		探線／探线 Taishanese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haam³ sin³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham¹ lhen^1*

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam³ sin³
    • Yale: haam sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam³ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham³ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm³³ siːn³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ham¹ lhen^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ham³³ ɬen³³⁻³³⁵/

Noun

喊線

1. (Cantonese, chiefly Taishanese, dated) telephone
   • 1940 April 22, The Chinese Times, volume 1, number 286, page 7:

     幷以廉價相就華友光顧由喊綫通知從速應命

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• 電話／电话 (diànhuà)
• (chiefly Wu, dated) 德律風／德律风 (délǜfēng)

Derived terms

• 喊線館／喊线馆
• 打喊線／打喊线