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联

lián

HSK 4 Character Traditional 聯

What 联 means

1. bound formto ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join
2. bound form(poetry) antithetical couplet

Example sentences

• 联系我。
  Call me.
• 保持联络！
  Keep in touch!
• 苏联万岁！
  Long live the Soviet Union!
• 没有联系。
  There's no contact.
• 联系我们。
  Call us.
• 请保持联系。
  Please keep in touch.

Words starting with 联

• 联系lián xìconnection; contact; relation
• 联合lián héto combine; to join; unite
• 联想lián xiǎngto associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection; mental association
• 联络lián luòto get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with)
• 联盟lián méngalliance; union; coalition
• 联欢lián huānto have a get-together; celebration; party
• 联合国Lián hé guóUnited Nations
• 联赛lián sài(sports) league; league tournament
• 联邦lián bāngfederal; federation; commonwealth
• 联通lián tōngconnection; link; to link together
• 联系人lián xì réncontact person
• 联手lián shǒulit. to join hands; to act together
• 联网lián wǎngto connect (or be connected) to a network; to network
• 联播lián bōto broadcast over a network; (radio or TV) hookup; simulcast
• 联合会lián hé huìfederation
• 联名lián míngjointly (signed, declared, sponsored)
• 联军lián jūnallied armies
• 联谊lián yìfriendship; fellowship
• 联队lián duìwing (of an air force); sports team representing a combination of entities…
• 联邦政府lián bāng zhèng fǔfederal government
• 联欢会lián huān huìsocial gathering; party
• 联动lián dòng(of the parts of a machine) to move together; to act in coordination; to be coupled…
• 联机lián jīonline; network; to connect online
• 联袂lián mèijointly; as a group; together

Words containing 联

• 互联网Hù lián wǎngInternet
• 对联duì liánrhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway
• 苏联Sū liánSoviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟
• 关联guān liánto be related; to be connected; relationship; connection
• 互联hù liáninterconnected
• 串联chuàn liánto establish ties; to contact; (electricity) to connect (components) in series
• 美联社Měi Lián shèAssociated Press (AP); abbr. for 美国联合通讯社
• 妇联fù liánwomen's league; women's association
• 阿联酋Ā lián qiúUnited Arab Emirates (abbr. for 阿拉伯联合酋长国
• 三联书店Sān lián Shū diànJoint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
• 美联储Měi lián chǔUS Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank
• 八国联军Bā guó Lián jūnEight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
• 中国联通Zhōng guó Lián tōngChina Unicom
• 浮想联翩fú xiǎng lián piānto let one's imagination roam
• 蝉联chán liánto continue in a post; (to hold a post) several times in succession…
• 挽联wǎn liánpair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
• 春联chūn liánSpring Festival couplet…
• 独联体Dú lián tǐCommonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union); abbr. for 独立国家联合体
• 互联网络hù lián wǎng luònetwork
• 楹联yíng liáncouplet (hung on the columns of a hall)
• 互联网站hù lián wǎng zhànInternet site
• 相联xiāng liánto interact; interrelated
• 门联mén liáncouplet (hung on each side of the door frame)
• 全联Quán liánPX Mart (supermarket chain in Taiwan)

Characters that look like 联

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

• 敬jìng(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
• 践jiànto fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 猴hóumonkey
• 辊gǔnroller
• 暇xiáleisure
• 鹃juāncuckoo

Sounds the same

Read lián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 连to link; to join; to connect
• 怜to pity
• 帘flag used as a shop sign; variant of 帘
• 廉incorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 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