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Meaning of 联

Pinyin lián

Radical

耳

Strokes

Definition

to ally / to unite / to join

Usage

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联 lián 1. 连结，结合。 (Join; link.) - Example: 联合 (Unite), 联结 (Link), 联系 (Bind), 联络 (Communicate), 联盟 (Alliance), 联邦 (Federation), 联袂 (Join as one), 联名 (Jointly named), 联想 (Associate), 联姻 (Marriage alliance), 联营 (Joint operation).珠联璧合 (Pearls and jade perfectly matched). 2. 对偶的语句。 (Antithetical couplets.) - Example: 对联 (Couplet), 挽联 (Eulogy couplet), 楹联 (Couplet inscription), 上联 (Upper line of a couplet), 下联 (Lower line of a couplet). 3. 古代户口编制的名称，十人为联。 (An ancient term for household registration, ten people were considered a "lian".) 动 1. 同本义 (Join; link.) - 引: Example from Shuowen: "联, 连也。From ear, the ear connected to the cheek; from silk, silk connected without interruption." 2. 联合; 联系 (Unite; ally oneself with; contact; relate.) - 引: Example from Han Shu: "臣恐羌复结联他种, 宜未及然为之备." 3. 缝 (Sew.) - 引: Example from Ming Dynasty literature: "宋敦穿了一件新联的洁白湖绸道袍." 名对联 (Antithetical couplet.) - Example: 春联 (Spring couplets), 门联 (Door couplets), 贺联 (Celebratory couplets), 挽联 (Eulogistic couplets), 联牌 (Plaques with couplets). 量对; 双 (Pair.) - Example: 联单, 联票 (Linked documents or tickets).

联合 lián hé

to combine / to join / unite / alliance

妇联 fù lián

women's league / women's association

联姻 lián yīn

related by marriage / to connect by marriage (families, work units)

联席会议 lián xí huì yì

joint conference

联邦德国 Lián bāng Dé guó

German Federation / Bundesrepublik Deutschland / Germany

联想 lián xiǎng

to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs

挽联 wǎn lián

elegiac couplet

关联 guān lián

related / linked / affiliated

联播 lián bō

to broadcast over a network / (radio or TV) hookup / simulcast

曼联 Màn Lián

Manchester United Football Club

楹联 yíng lián

couplet (hung on the columns of a hall)

美联储 Měi lián chǔ

US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank

俄罗斯联邦 É luó sī Lián bāng

Russian Federation, RSFSR

联欢 lián huān

to have a get-together / celebration / party

泳联 yǒng lián

Swimming United

独联体 Dú lián tǐ

Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) / abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體|独立国家联合体

珠联璧合 zhū lián bì hé

string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination / perfect pair

联盟 lián méng

alliance / union / coalition

工农联盟 gōng nóng lián méng

worker-peasant alliance / alliance of the working class with the peasantry / alliance of the workers and peasants

南联盟 nán lián méng

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia（南斯拉夫联盟共和国）

互联网 Hù lián wǎng

Internet

互联 hù lián

interconnected

互联网络 hù lián wǎng luò

network

联系 lián xì

connection / contact / relation / to get in touch with / to integrate / to link / to touch

联络线 lián luò xiàn

call wire

联络 lián luò

to get in touch with / to contact / to stay in contact (with) / liaison / (math.) connection

联络员 lián luò yuán

liaison man

联缀 lián zhuì

variant of 連綴|连缀[lian2 zhui4]

达尔罕茂明安联合旗 Dá ěr hǎn Mào míng ān lián hé qí

Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头[Bao1 tou2], Inner Mongolia

浮想联翩 fú xiǎng lián piān

to let one's imagination roam

联翩 lián piān

(literary) to come in quick succession / wave after wave

苏联 Sū lián

Soviet Union, 1922-1991 / abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟[Su1 wei2 ai1 She4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 Gong4 he2 guo2 Lian2 meng2]

联邦 lián bāng

federal / federation / commonwealth / federal union / federal state / union

联赛 lián sài

(sports) league / league tournament

联名 lián míng

jointly (signed, declared, sponsored)

联军 lián jūn

allied armies

联手 lián shǒu

lit. to join hands / to act together

学联 xué lián

Student’Federation

联队 lián duì

wing (of an air force) / sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea)

联结 lián jié

to bind / to tie / to link

对联 duì lián

rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2]

串联 chuàn lián

to establish ties or contact / in series connection (electricity)

蝉联 chán lián

to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship

联袂 lián mèi

jointly / as a group / together

邦联 bāng lián

confederation

联邦制 lián bāng zhì

federal / federal system

阿拉伯联合酋长国 Ā lā bó Lián hé Qiú zhǎng guó

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

阿联酋 Ā lián qiú

United Arab Emirates / abbr. for 阿拉伯联合酋长国