1. string
2. twine
3. cord

1. thread
2. string
3. wire
4. line
5. (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

classifiers: 條, 股, 根

1. to string together
2. to skewer
3. to connect wrongly
4. to gang up
5. to rove
6. string
7. bunch
8. skewer
9. classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of
10. to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)
11. to move across

1. start and development
2. thread (of a story)
3. general outline
4. clue

1. strand
2. thread
3. detailed
4. in detail
5. classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)

1. subject (under discussion)
2. thread (of an argument)

1. clue
2. thread (of a story)
3. mate
4. first class

1. trail
2. clues
3. thread (of a story)

1. beginnings
2. clues
3. mental state
4. thread

1. to operate
2. operations
3. workings
4. activities (usu. of an organization)
5. thread (computing)

1. to weave
2. to lay warp for weaving
3. silk thread for weaving
4. variant of 纫, to sew
5. to stitch
6. thread

1. side
2. edge
3. margin
4. border
5. boundary
6. proximity
7. thread (of ideas, plots etc)
8. see also 边 biān