中线 (zhōng xiàn) — half-way line (in sports); median line (in geometry or road markings)
Definition
中线 is literally "middle line." In sports it means the half-way line dividing a court or field; in geometry it means a median (line from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side).
noun
half-way line (in sports)median line (in geometry or road markings)
Measure word · 条
Examples
- 中线。Lán qiú chǎng shàng de zhōng xiàn bǎ chǎng dì fēn chéng liǎng bàn.The half-way line on the basketball court divides the court into two halves.
- 中线，。Sān jiǎo xíng yǒu sān tiáo zhōng xiàn, tā men xiāng jiāo yú zhòng xīn.A triangle has three median lines, which intersect at the centroid.
- 中线。Zhè tiáo gōng lù de zhōng xiàn shì huáng sè de.The median line on this highway is yellow.
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