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恋

liàn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 戀

What 恋 means

1. to feel attached to
2. to long for
3. to love

Example sentences

• 乔治失恋了。
  Qiáozhì shīliàn le.
  George was broken-hearted.
• 他装同性恋。
  He pretends to be gay.
• 汤姆很自恋。
  Tom is a narcissist.
• 她是我的初恋。
  Tā shì wǒ de chūliàn.
  She is my first love.
• 这是我的初恋。
  Zhè shì wǒ de chūliàn.
  This is my first love.
• 我偷偷单恋他。
  Wǒ tōutōu dān liàn tā.
  I was secretly in love with him.

Words starting with 恋

• 恋爱liàn ài(romantic) love; in love; to have an affair
• 恋人liàn rénlover; sweetheart
• 恋情liàn qíngromantic love
• 恋恋不舍liàn liàn bù shěreluctant to part
• 恋歌liàn gēlove song
• 恋家liàn jiāhome-loving; to feel a strong attachment to home life; to begrudge being away from home
• 恋念liàn niànto have a sentimental attachment to (a place); to miss (one's ancestral home etc)…
• 恋恋liàn liànreluctant (to leave, to let go etc)
• 恋战liàn zhànto zealously continue fighting
• 恋物liàn wù(sexual) fetishism
• 恋综liàn zōngdating reality show (abbr. for 恋爱综艺节目
• 恋物狂liàn wù kuáng(sexual) fetishism
• 恋童犯liàn tóng fànpedophile
• 恋童者liàn tóng zhěchild molester; pedophile
• 恋母情结liàn mǔ qíng jiéOedipus complex
• 恋父情结liàn fù qíng jiéElectra complex
• 恋旧情结liàn jiù qíng jiédwelling on the past; difficulty in adapting to changes
• 恋慕liàn mùto be enamored of; to have tender feelings for; to be sentimentally attached to…
• 恋栈liàn zhànto be reluctant to give up a post
• 恋尸癖liàn shī pǐnecrophilia
• 恋物癖liàn wù pǐ(sexual) fetishism
• 恋童癖liàn tóng pǐpedophilia
• 恋脚癖liàn jiǎo pǐfoot fetish
• 恋足癖liàn zú pǐfoot fetish

Words containing 恋

• 留恋liú liànreluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly
• 同性恋tóng xìng liànhomosexuality; gay person; gay love
• 谈恋爱tán liàn àito be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating
• 初恋chū liànfirst love
• 失恋shī liànto lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted
• 迷恋mí liànto be infatuated with; to be enchanted by; to be passionate about
• 同性恋者tóng xìng liàn zhěhomosexual; gay person
• 依恋yī liànto be fondly attached to; to not wish to part with; to cling to
• 眷恋juàn liànto miss; to long for; to remember with longing
• 爱恋ài liànin love with; to feel deeply attached to
• 热恋rè liànto fall head over heels in love; to be passionately in love
• 婚恋hūn liànlove and marriage
• 贪恋tān liànto cling to; to be reluctant to give up (sth); to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)
• 单恋dān liànto be in unrequited love with (sb); one-sided love; unrequited love
• 思恋sī liànto miss; to long for
• 早恋zǎo liànto be in love when one is too young; puppy love
• 明恋míng liàn(slang) to openly express or pursue romantic interest in sb (as opposed to 暗恋
• 暗恋àn liànto be secretly in love with
• 相恋xiāng liànto love each other
• 网恋wǎng liànonline love affair; cyberdate; Internet dating
• 自恋zì liànnarcissism
• 虐恋nüè liànpainful love affair; sadomasochism
• 姐弟恋jiě dì liànlove between an older woman and a younger man
• 忘年恋wàng nián liànromantic relationship with a significant age gap

Characters that look like 恋

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

• 您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你
• 患huànto suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune
• 悠yōulong or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 崩bēngto collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor
• 恭gōngrespectful
• 恣zìto abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)

Sounds the same

Read liàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 炼to refine; to smelt
• 链chain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)…
• 楝Melia japonica
• 殓to prepare a dead body for coffin
• 潋full of water; trough
• 湅to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it)
• 澰(literary) to moisten; to wet; to soak in water
• 萰Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in TCM); same as 白蔹
• 敛variant of 殓