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莲

lián

Character Traditional 蓮

What 莲 means

1. lotus

Example sentences

• 火星上的神殿饰有莲花。
  The temples on Mars are decorated with lotus flowers.
• 这个淋浴的莲蓬头太低了。
  Zhège línyù de liánpengtóu tài dī le.
  The shower head in this shower is too low.
• 我的生日是六月十二日。玛格达莲娜和我同年同日生。
  Wǒ de shēngrì shì Liùyuè shí'èr rì. mǎ gé dá lián nà hé wǒ tóngnián tóngrì shēng.
  My birthday is June 12. Magdalena was born on the same day and year as me.

Words starting with 莲

• 莲花lián huālotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily
• 莲子lián zǐlotus seed
• 莲蓬lián pénglotus seed head
• 莲藕lián ǒulotus root
• 莲步lián bù(literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses); elegant gait of a woman
• 莲台lián táilotus seat
• 莲雾lián wùwax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit)
• 莲池区Lián chí QūLianchi, a district of Baoding City 保定市
• 莲湖区Lián hú QūLianhu, a district of Xi'an City 西安市
• 莲花白lián huā bái(dialect) cabbage
• 莲花县Lián huā XiànLianhua, a county in Pingxiang City 萍乡市
• 莲花落lián huā làogenre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers
• 莲蓬头lián péng tóushowerhead
• 莲都区Lián dū QūLiandu, a district of Lishui City 丽水市
• 莲蓉lián rónglotus seed paste
• 莲蓉包lián róng bāolotus seed bun
• 莲宗Lián zōngsee 净土宗
• 莲池Lián chísee 莲池区
• 莲湖Lián húsee 莲湖区
• 莲都Lián dūsee 莲都区

Words containing 莲

• 潘金莲Pān Jīn liánPan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei…
• 雪莲xuě liánsnow lotus herb; Saussurea involucrata
• 红莲hóng liánred lotus
• 白莲bái liánwhite lotus (flower); White Lotus society; same as 白莲教
• 花莲Huā liánHualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan
• 睡莲shuì liánwater lily
• 并蒂莲bìng dì liánlit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk; fig. a devoted married couple
• 以法莲Yǐ fǎ liánEphraim (city)
• 夏士莲Xià shì liánHazeline, Unilever range of skin care products
• 旱金莲hàn jīn liángarden nasturtium; Tropaeolum majus
• 林忆莲Lín Yì liánSandy Lam (1966-), Hong Kong pop singer
• 白莲教Bái lián jiàoWhite Lotus society
• 花莲市Huā lián shìHualien city on the east coast of Taiwan
• 花莲县Huā lián XiànHualien County on the east coast of Taiwan
• 西番莲xī fān liánpassion flower
• 银莲花yín lián huāanemone
• 阿莲区Ā lián QūAlian, a rural district of Kaohsiung 高雄市
• 易初莲花Yì chū Lián huāLotus (department store chain)
• 妙法莲华经Miào fǎ Lián huá JīngThe Lotus Sutra
• 曼荷莲学院Màn hé lián Xué yuànMount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts)
• 榴莲liú liándurian fruit; Durio zibethinus
• 榴莲族liú lián zúworker who is capable but unpleasant to deal with
• 舌灿莲花shé càn lián huā(idiom) eloquent; entertaining in one's speech
• 马蹄莲mǎ tí liáncalla; calla lily

Characters built on 连

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

• 链liànchain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)…
• 涟liánripple; tearful
• 琏liǎnsacrificial vessel used for grain offerings; also pr. lián
• 鲢liánHypophthalmichthys moritrix
• 裢liánpouch hung from belt
• 梿liánsee 梿枷; to thresh (using a flail)

Characters that look like 莲

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

• 荡dàngto wash; to squander; to sweep away
• 匿nìto hide
• 盔kuīhelmet
• 菱líng(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 荫yīn(bound form) shade (of a tree)
• 桨jiǎngoar; paddle

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
• 廉incorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 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