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连

lián

HSK 4 Character Traditional 連

What 连 means

1. to link
2. to join
3. to connect
4. continuously
5. in succession
6. including
7. (used with {也|yě}, {都|dōu} etc) even
8. company (military)

Other readings

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

• Liánsurname Lian

Example sentences

• 连线。
  Connect.
• 连续工作三天
  Liánxù gōngzuò sān tiān
  Continuously working for three days
• 网络连不上。
  The internet is not connecting.
• 我连想都没想。
  I didn't even think of it.
• 连你也背叛我。
  Even you have betrayed me.
• 连笑话也有限制。
  Lián xiàohuà yě yǒuxiàn zhì.
  Even jokes have a limit.

Words starting with 连

• 连忙lián mángpromptly; at once
• 连续剧lián xù jùserialized drama; dramatic series; show in parts
• 连同lián tóngtogether with; along with
• 连锁lián suǒto interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc)
• 连年lián niánsuccessive years; over many years
• 连续lián xùcontinuous; in a row; serial
• 连接lián jiēto link; to join; to connect
• 连载lián zǎiserialized; published as a serial (in a newspaper)
• 连连lián liánrepeatedly; again and again
• 连长lián zhǎngcompany commander
• 连夜lián yèthat very night; through the night; for several nights in a row
• 连声lián shēngrepeatedly (say something)
• 连环lián huánchain
• 连带lián dàito be related; to entail; to involve
• 连衣裙lián yī qúna one-piece dress
• 连队lián duìcompany (of troops)
• 连累lián leito implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. lián lěi or lián lèi
• 连绵lián miáncontinuous; unbroken; uninterrupted
• 连贯lián guànto link up (disparate elements); coherent (narrative, argument etc)
• 连环画lián huán huàlianhuanhua (graphic novel)
• 连锁店lián suǒ diànchain store
• 连任lián rènto continue in (a political) office; to serve for another term of office
• 连用lián yòngto use (two words etc) together; to use (sth) continuously
• 连天lián tiānreaching the sky; for days on end; incessantly

Words containing 连

• 接连jiē liánon end; in a row; in succession
• 一连yī liánin a row; in succession; running
• 相连xiāng liánto link; to join; link
• 一连串yī lián chuàna succession of; a series of
• 牵连qiān liánto implicate; implicated; to link together
• 大连市Dà lián ShìDalian, sub-provincial city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 接二连三jiē èr lián sān(idiom) one after another; in quick succession
• 流连liú liánto loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave); to linger on
• 马连良Mǎ Lián liángMa Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大须生
• 李连杰Lǐ Lián jiéJet Li (1963–), Chinese martial artist, actor and film director
• 流连忘返liú lián wàng fǎnto linger; to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
• 黄连huáng liánChinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
• 接连不断jiē lián bù duàn(idiom) in unbroken succession; continuous
• 价值连城jià zhí lián chénginvaluable; priceless
• 株连zhū liánto involve others (in a crime); guilt by association
• 直连zhí liánto connect directly to
• 结连jié liánlinked in a chain
• 重连chóng liánto reconnect
• 不连续bù lián xùdiscontinuous; discrete
• 无连接wú lián jiēconnectionless
• 超连结chāo lián jié(Taiwan) hyperlink
• 不连续面bù lián xù miànsurface of discontinuity
• 单连接站dān lián jiē zhànsingle attachment station (telecommunications)
• 外部连结wài bù lián jié(Tw, HK) external link

Characters that look like 连

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

• 还háistill; still in progress; still more
• 述shù(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards
• 庞páng(bound form) huge; (bound form) numerous and disordered; (bound form) face
• 迢tiáoremote

Sounds the same

Read lián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 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
• 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