| Subject | English | Chinese |
| tech. | dashed and dotted line | 点画虚线 |
| tech. | dashed contour line | 虚线等高线 |
| met. | dashed line | 虚线 |
| tech. | dashed line | 短画虚线 |
| tech. | dashed line | 虚〔阴影，短画〕线 |
| tech. | dashed line | 阴影线 |
| tech. | dashed-line contour plot | 虚线等高线图 |
| tech. | dashed-line plotting | 绘虚线 |
| auto. | heavy dashed line | 粗虚线 |
| tech. | short dashed line | 虚线 |
| sport. | The runners dashed to the finishing line | 赛跑运动员向终点线全力冲刺 (注释：dash 作名词使用时的主要意思有两个，一是冲刺，另一是短跑。具体的意思要根据它在上下文所起的作用而定) |
| auto. | thin dashed line | 细虚线 |