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连续

lián xù

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 連續

连续 (lián xù) means "continuous; in a row; serial". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 连续 means

1. continuous
2. in a row
3. serial
4. consecutive

The characters in 连续

• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 续xùto continue; to replenish

Example sentences

• 连续工作三天
  Liánxù gōngzuò sān tiān
  Continuously working for three days
• 雨连续下了五天。
  The rain lasted five days.
• 比尔连续哭了几个小时。
  Bǐ'ěr liánxù kū le jǐge xiǎoshí.
  Bill kept on crying for hours.
• 他们今晚看了电视连续剧。
  Tāmen jīnwǎn kàn le diànshì liánxùjù.
  They have watched TV serials this evening.
• 小脑需要连续不断的血液供给。
  Xiǎonǎo xūyào liánxù bùduàn de xuèyè gōngjǐ.
  The cerebellum requires continuous blood supply.
• 这个男人连续说了一个小时的话。
  Zhège nánrén liánxù shuō le yī gè xiǎoshí dehuà.
  The man kept talking for an hour.

Words starting with 连续

• 连续剧lián xù jùserialized drama; dramatic series; show in parts
• 连续性lián xù xìngcontinuity
• 连续不断lián xù bù duàncontinuous; unceasing
• 连续犯lián xù fànsuccessive offenses; serial crime
• 连续集lián xù jíTV series
• 连续体lián xù tǐcontinuum
• 连续监视lián xù jiān shìcontinuous monitoring
• 连续变调lián xù biàn diàotone sandhi
• 连续统假设lián xù tǒng jiǎ shè(math) the continuum hypothesis
• 连续介质力学lián xù jiè zhì lì xuémechanics of a continuous medium; fluid mechanics
• 连续函数lián xù hán shùcontinuous function

Words containing 连续

• 不连续bù lián xùdiscontinuous; discrete
• 不连续面bù lián xù miànsurface of discontinuity
• 绝对连续jué duì lián xùabsolutely continuous (math.)
• 莫霍洛维奇不连续面Mò huò luò wéi qí bù lián xù miànMoho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)…

Sounds the same

Read lián xù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 怜恤to take pity; to show compassion

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