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廉

lián

HSK 6 Character

What 廉 means

1. incorruptible
2. honest
3. inexpensive
4. to investigate (old)
5. side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)

Other readings

廉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Liánsurname Lian
• liánold variant of {廉|lián}
• liánold variant of {廉|lián}

Example sentences

• 真是物美价廉。
  Zhēnshi wùměijiàlián.
  It's a real bargain.
• 屋子物美价廉。
  The house looked good; moreover, the price was right.
• 你无法用廉价的肉煮出美味的汤。
  Nǐ wúfǎ yòng liánjià de ròu zhǔ chū měiwèi de tāng.
  You can't make good soup with cheap meat.
• 威廉是从巴西来的。他是巴西人。
  Wēilián shì cóng Bāxī lái de. tā shì Bāxī rén.
  Guilherme is from Brazil. He is Brazilian.
• 威廉王子是英国王位第二顺位继承人
  Wēilián wángzǐ shì Yīngguó wángwèi dì-èr shùnwèi jìchéngrén
  Prince William is second in line to the English throne.
• 真奇怪，他竟然被安排入住这种廉价酒店。
  Zhēn qíguài, tā jìngrán bèi ānpái rùzhù zhèzhǒng liánjià jiǔdiàn.
  It is strange that he should be put up at such a cheap hotel.

Words starting with 廉

• 廉洁lián jiéincorruptible; unbribable; honest
• 廉价lián jiàcheaply-priced; low-cost
• 廉政lián zhèngto govern with integrity; clean and honest government
• 廉耻lián chǐhonor and shame; sense of honor
• 廉正lián zhèngupright and honest; integrity
• 廉直lián zhíupright and honest; incorruptible; squeaky clean
• 廉署lián shǔICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong
• 廉航lián hánglow-cost carrier; low-cost airline; budget airline (abbr. for 廉价航空
• 廉江市Lián jiāng ShìLianjiang, a county-level city in Zhanjiang City 湛江市
• 廉租房lián zū fánglow-rent housing
• 廉政公署Lián zhèng Gōng shǔIndependent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC)
• 廉颇Lián PōLian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦国 and Qi…
• 廉俸lián fèngextra allowances paid to government officials in the Qing dynasty
• 廉江Lián jiāngsee 廉江市

Words containing 廉

• 物美价廉wù měi jià liángood quality and cheap; a bargain
• 低廉dī liáncheap; inexpensive; low
• 价廉物美jià lián wù měiinexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
• 清廉qīng liánhonest; uncorrupted
• 反腐倡廉fǎn fǔ chàng liánto fight corruption and advocate probity
• 威廉Wēi liánWilliam or Wilhelm (name)
• 养廉yǎng liánto encourage honesty; to discourage corruption
• 勤政廉政qín zhèng lián zhènghonest and industrious government functionaries (idiom)
• 威廉斯堡Wēi lián sī bǎoWilliamsburg, Virginia
• 清正廉明qīng zhèng lián míngupright and honest
• 高薪养廉gāo xīn yǎng liánpolicy of high pay to discourage corruption
• 礼义廉耻lǐ yì lián chǐ(idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四维
• 孝廉xiào liánxiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing…
• 姚思廉Yáo Sī liánYao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of 梁书
• 俭以养廉jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián(idiom) frugality makes honesty
• 威廉·福克纳Wēi lián · Fú kè nàWilliam Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
• 威廉·莎士比亚Wēi lián · Shā shì bǐ yàWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright

Characters built on 兼

These share the phonetic component 兼 (jiān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 嫌xiánto dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 谦qiānmodest
• 慊qiàndissatisfied
• 蒹jiānreed
• 鹣jiānmythical bird with one eye and one wing; see also 鲽鹣
• 缣jiānthick waterproof silk

Characters that look like 廉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 最zuì(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之
• 蓬péngfleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 詹zhān(literary) verbose; (literary) to arrive, to reach
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 扉fēidoor with only one leaf
• 蜃shèngiant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of…

Sounds the same

Read lián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 连to link; to join; to connect
• 联(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join…
• 怜to pity
• 帘flag used as a shop sign; variant of 帘
• 莲lotus
• 濂name of a river in Hunan
• 涟ripple; tearful
• 镰(bound form) sickle
• 鲢Hypophthalmichthys moritrix
• 裢pouch hung from belt
• 奁bridal trousseau
• 蠊used in 蜚蠊