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链

liàn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 鏈

What 链 means

1. chain
2. cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)
3. chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m)
4. to chain
5. to enchain

Example sentences

• 我的拉链卡住了。
  Wǒ de lāliàn kǎzhù le.
  My zipper got stuck.
• 他拉开裤子的拉链。
  Tā lākāi kùzi de lāliàn.
  He unzipped his pants.
• 他拉开了包的拉链。
  He zipped open his bag.
• 不要点击那个链接。
  Don't click on that link.
• 这条项链是我奶奶送给我的。
  Zhè tiáo xiàngliàn shì wǒ nǎinai sònggěi wǒ de.
  My grandma gave me this necklace.
• 在沙发下，汤姆找到了玛丽的项链。
  Zài shāfā xià, Tāngmǔ zhǎodào le Mǎlì de xiàngliàn.
  Tom found Mary's necklace under the sofa.

Words starting with 链

• 链条liàn tiáochain
• 链子liàn zichain
• 链接liàn jiēto link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink
• 链球liàn qiú(athletics) hammer; hammer throw
• 链环liàn huánchain link
• 链结liàn jiéto link together; to connect (in a systematic or chain-like way); linkage
• 链表liàn biǎolinked list
• 链路liàn lùlink
• 链轮liàn lúnsprocket
• 链路层liàn lù cénglink layer
• 链式反应liàn shì fǎn yìngchain reaction
• 链式裂变反应liàn shì liè biàn fǎn yìngchain reaction of nuclear fission
• 链轨liàn guǐcaterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc)
• 链球菌liàn qiú jūnstreptococcus (genus of bacteria)
• 链锯liàn jùchain saw
• 链烃liàn tīngchain hydrocarbon

Words containing 链

• 项链xiàng liànnecklace
• 拉链lā liànzipper
• 铁链tiě liàniron chain
• 手链shǒu liànchain bracelet
• 产业链chǎn yè liànindustry value chain
• 锁链suǒ liànchains; shackles
• 人链rén liànhuman chain
• 冷链lěng liàncold chain
• 单链dān liànsingle chain; refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA
• 外链wài liàn(computing) external link (abbr. for 外部链接
• 岛链dǎo liànisland chain
• 双链shuāng liàndouble stranded
• 供应链gōng yìng liànsupply chain
• 工具链gōng jù liàn(computing) toolchain
• 生物链shēng wù liànfood chain
• 超链接chāo liàn jiēhyperlink
• 超链结chāo liàn jié(Taiwan) hyperlink
• 食物链shí wù liànfood chain
• 作用域链zuò yòng yù liàn(computing) scope chain
• 外部链接wài bù liàn jiēexternal link (on a website)
• 数据链路shù jù liàn lùdata link
• 超级链接chāo jí liàn jiēhyperlink (in HTML)
• 动态链接库dòng tài liàn jiē kùdynamic-link library (DLL); shared library (computing)
• 数据链路层shù jù liàn lù céngdata link layer

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.

• 莲liánlotus
• 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 链

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

• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad
• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia
• 皓hào(bound form) bright; luminous; white…
• 槌chuímallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)

Sounds the same

Read liàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 练to practice; to train; to drill
• 炼to refine; to smelt
• 恋to feel attached to; to long for; to love
• 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