連〔连〕 lin⁴ {lián}

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

連〔连〕 lin⁴ {Lián}

surname Lian

連氣〔连气〕 lin⁴ hei³ {lián qì}

together; in a sequence (spoken)

連仁〔连-〕 lin⁴ jan⁴ {lián rén}

linen

連贏〔连赢〕 lin⁴ jeng⁴ {lián yíng}

to win in a row

連埋〔连-〕 lin⁴ maai⁴ {lián mái}

together with; including

連敗〔连败〕 lin⁴ baai⁶ {lián bài}

1. consecutive defeats
2. to lose several times in a row

連筆〔连笔〕 lin⁴ bat¹ {lián bǐ}

to write without lifting one's pen from the paper

連比〔连-〕 lin⁴ bei² {lián bǐ}

compound ratio

連璧〔连-〕 lin⁴ bik¹ {lián bì}

1. to join jade annuli
2. fig. to combine two good things

連詞〔连词〕 lin⁴ ci⁴ {lián cí}

conjunction

連署〔连-〕 lin⁴ cyu⁵ {lián shǔ}

1. to cosign
2. to countersign

連串〔连-〕 lin⁴ cyun³ {lián chuàn}

1. repeated
2. a series of (accidents)

連帶〔连带〕 lin⁴ daai³ {lián dài}

1. to be related
2. to entail
3. to involve
4. joint (liability etc)

連隊〔连队〕 lin⁴ deoi⁶ {lián duì}

company (of troops)

連讀〔连读〕 lin⁴ duk⁶ {lián dú}

liaison (in phonetics)

連動〔连动〕 lin⁴ dung⁶ {lián dòng}

1. to link
2. to peg (currency)
3. gang (gears)
4. continuously
5. serial verb construction

連番〔连-〕 lin⁴ faan¹ {lián fān}

repeatedly

連枷〔连-〕 lin⁴ gaa¹ {lián jiā}

flail

連巹〔连卺〕 lin⁴ gan² {lián jǐn}

1. to share nuptial cup
2. fig. to get married

連擊〔连击〕 lin⁴ gik¹ {lián jī}

1. to batter
2. combo (hit) (gaming)
3. (volleyball, table tennis etc) double hit
4. double contact

連歌〔连-〕 lin⁴ go¹ {lián gē}

renga

連江〔连-〕 lin⁴ gong¹ {Lián jiāng}

1. Lianjiang county in Fuzhou 福州, Fujian
2. Lienchiang county of Taiwan, i.e. the Matsu Islands 馬祖列島

連貫〔连贯〕 lin⁴ gun³ {lián guàn}

1. to link up (disparate elements)
2. coherent (narrative, argument etc)

連繫〔连系〕 lin⁴ hai⁶ {lián xì}

1. to link
2. to connect

連合〔连-〕 lin⁴ hap⁶ {lián hé}

1. to combine
2. to join
3. to unite
4. alliance
5. same as 联合

連號〔连号〕 lin⁴ hou⁶ {lián hào}

1. consecutive serial numbers
2. chain (of supermarkets, hotels etc)
3. hyphen

連任〔连-〕 lin⁴ jam⁶ {lián rèn}

1. to continue in (a political) office
2. to serve for another term of office

連日〔连-〕 lin⁴ jat⁶ {lián rì}

1. day after day
2. for several days running

連夜〔连-〕 lin⁴ je⁶ {lián yè}

1. that very night
2. through the night
3. for several nights in a row

連用〔连-〕 lin⁴ jung⁶ {lián yòng}

1. to continue using
2. use together with sth
3. use next

連縣〔连县〕 lin⁴ jyun⁶ {Lián xiàn}

Lian county in Guangdong

連襟〔连-〕 lin⁴ kam¹ {lián jīn}

1. husbands of sisters
2. brothers-in-law
3. extremely close (of a relationship)

連翹〔连翘〕 lin⁴ kiu⁴ {lián qiáo}

Forsythia

連理〔连-〕 lin⁴ lei⁵ {lián lǐ}

1. two trees that grow together as one
2. fig. conjugal union

連累〔连-〕 lin⁴ leoi⁶ {lián lěi}

1. to involve
2. to implicate sb
3. to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc)

連連〔连连〕 lin⁴ lin⁴ {lián lián}

1. repeatedly
2. again and again

連綿〔连绵〕 lin⁴ min⁴ {lián mián}

1. continuous
2. unbroken
3. uninterrupted
4. extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)

連忙〔连-〕 lin⁴ mong⁴ {lián máng}

1. promptly
2. at once

連年〔连-〕 lin⁴ nin⁴ {lián nián}

1. successive years
2. over many years

連片〔连-〕 lin⁴ pin³ {lián piàn}

1. forming a continuous sheet
2. continuous
3. contiguous
4. closely grouped

連平〔连-〕 lin⁴ ping⁴ {Lián píng}

Lianping county in Heyuan 河源, Guangdong

連山〔连-〕 lin⁴ saan¹ {Lián shān}

Lianshan district of Huludao city 葫蘆島市, Liaoning

連手〔连-〕 lin⁴ sau² {lián shǒu}

1. concerted action
2. to collude (in dishonesty)

連寫〔连写〕 lin⁴ se² {lián xiě}

1. to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
2. (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)

連線〔连线〕 lin⁴ sin³ {lián xiàn}

1. connecting line
2. slur indicating legato (in music)
3. liaison (in phonetics)
4. ligature (in typesetting)

連聲〔连声〕 lin⁴ sing¹ {lián shēng}

repeatedly (say something)

連城〔连-〕 lin⁴ sing⁴ {Lián chéng}

Liancheng county level city in Longyan 龍岩, Fujian

連宵〔连-〕 lin⁴ siu¹ {lián xiāo}

1. the same night
2. that very night
3. successive nights

連鎖〔连锁〕 lin⁴ so² {lián suǒ}

1. to interlock
2. to be linked
3. chain (store etc)

連書〔连书〕 lin⁴ syu¹ {lián shū}

1. to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
2. (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)

連體〔连体〕 lin⁴ tai² {lián tǐ}

conjoined (twins)

連天〔连-〕 lin⁴ tin¹ {lián tiān}

1. reaching the sky
2. for days on end
3. incessantly

連通〔连-〕 lin⁴ tung¹ {lián tōng}

1. to connect
2. to communicate
3. to relate
4. (math.) connected

連同〔连-〕 lin⁴ tung⁴ {lián tóng}

1. together with
2. along with

連環〔连环〕 lin⁴ waan⁴ {lián huán}

chain

連橫〔连横〕 lin⁴ waang⁴ {Lián Héng}

Horizontal Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)

連雲〔连云〕 lin⁴ wan⁴ {Lián yún}

Lian'yun district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市, Jiangsu

連州〔连-〕 lin⁴ zau¹ {Lián zhōu}

Lianzhou county level city in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong

連綴〔连缀〕 lin⁴ zeoi³ {lián zhuì}

1. to put together
2. linking
3. successive
4. a cluster

連戰〔连战〕 lin⁴ zin³ {Lián Zhàn}

Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang

連接〔连-〕 lin⁴ zip³ {lián jiē}

1. to link
2. to join
3. to attach
4. connection
5. a link (on web page)

連坐〔连-〕 lin⁴ zo⁶ {lián zuò}

to implicate and punish also the criminal's associates

連長〔连长〕 lin⁴ zoeng² {lián zhǎng}

company commander

連載〔连载〕 lin⁴ zoi³ {lián zǎi}

1. serialized
2. published as a serial (in a newspaper)

連續〔连续〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ {lián xù}

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

連珠〔连-〕 lin⁴ zyu¹ {lián zhū}

1. joined as a string of pearls
2. in rapid succession
3. alignment
4. Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row

連鑄〔连铸〕 lin⁴ zyu³ {lián zhù}

continuous casting (metallurgy)

連貫性〔连贯-〕 lin⁴ gun³ sing³ {lián guàn xìng}

consistency; continuity; coherency

連身裙〔连--〕 lin⁴ san¹ kwan⁴ {lián shēn qún}

a one piece dress

連動債〔连动债〕 lin⁴ dung⁶ zaai³ {lián dòng zhài}

structured note (finance)

連褲襪〔连裤袜〕 lin⁴ fu³ mat⁶ {lián kù wà}

1. panty hose
2. tights
3. CL: 雙

連枷胸〔连--〕 lin⁴ gaa¹ hung¹ {lián jiā xiōng}

flail chest (medicine)

連根拔〔连--〕 lin⁴ gan¹ bat⁶ {lián gēn bá}

1. to pull up by the roots
2. to uproot

連江縣〔连-县〕 lin⁴ gong¹ jyun⁶ {Lián jiāng xiàn}

1. Lianjiang county in Fuzhou 福州, Fujian
2. Lienchiang county of Taiwan, i.e. the Matsu Islands 馬祖列島

連骨肉〔连--〕 lin⁴ gwat¹ juk⁶ {lián gǔ ròu}

1. chop
2. rib meat

連繫詞〔连系词〕 lin⁴ hai⁶ ci⁴ {lián xì cí}

copula (linguistics)

連衣裙〔连--〕 lin⁴ ji¹ kwan⁴ {lián yī qún}

1. woman's dress
2. frock
3. gown

連南縣〔连-县〕 lin⁴ naam⁴ jyun⁶ {Lián nán xiàn}

Liannan Yaozu autonomous county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong

連平縣〔连-县〕 lin⁴ ping⁴ jyun⁶ {Lián píng xiàn}

Lianping county in Heyuan 河源, Guangdong

連山縣〔连-县〕 lin⁴ saan¹ jyun⁶ {Lián shān xiàn}

Lianshan Zhuang and Yao autonomous county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong

連山區〔连-区〕 lin⁴ saan¹ keoi¹ {Lián shān qū}

Lianshan district of Huludao city 葫蘆島市, Liaoning

連城縣〔连-县〕 lin⁴ sing⁴ jyun⁶ {Lián chéng xiàn}

Liancheng county in Longyan 龍岩, Fujian

連銷店〔连销-〕 lin⁴ siu¹ dim³ {lián xiāo diàn}

chain store

連鎖店〔连锁-〕 lin⁴ so² dim³ {lián suǒ diàn}

chain store

連體嬰〔连体婴〕 lin⁴ tai² jing¹ {lián tǐ yīng}

conjoined twins

連通器〔连--〕 lin⁴ tung¹ hei³ {lián tōng qì}

communicating vessels (in scientific experiment)

連環計〔连环计〕 lin⁴ waan⁴ gai³ {lián huán jì}

1. interlocked stratagems
2. CL: 條

連環圖〔连环图〕 lin⁴ waan⁴ tou⁴ {lián huán tú}

comic strip

連環畫〔连环画〕 lin⁴ waan⁴ waa² {lián huán huà}

lianhuanhua (graphic novel)

連雲港〔连云-〕 lin⁴ wan⁴ gong² {Lián yún gǎng}

Lianyungang prefecture level city in Jiangsu

連雲區〔连云区〕 lin⁴ wan⁴ keoi¹ {Lián yún qū}

Lian'yun district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市, Jiangsu

連鍋端〔连锅-〕 lin⁴ wo¹ dyun¹ {lián guō duān}

1. to take even the cooking pots (idiom)
2. to clean out
3. to wipe out

連州市〔连--〕 lin⁴ zau¹ si⁵ {Lián zhōu shì}

Lianzhou county level city in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong

連字符〔连--〕 lin⁴ zi⁶ fu⁴ {lián zì fú}

hyphen

連字號〔连-号〕 lin⁴ zi⁶ hou⁶ {lián zì hào}

hyphen (punct.)

連接詞〔连-词〕 lin⁴ zip³ ci⁴ {lián jiē cí}

conjunction

連接器〔连--〕 lin⁴ zip³ hei³ {lián jiē qì}

connector

連接號〔连-号〕 lin⁴ zip³ hou⁶ {lián jiē hào}

hyphen

連接框〔连--〕 lin⁴ zip³ kwaang¹ {lián jiē kuàng}

1. connection frame
2. linked frame

連接酶〔连--〕 lin⁴ zip³ mui⁴ {lián jiē méi}

ligase

連接至〔连--〕 lin⁴ zip³ zi³ {lián jiē zhì}

to connect to

連續犯〔连续-〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ faan² {lián xù fàn}

1. successive offenses
2. serial crime

連續劇〔连续剧〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ kek⁶ {lián xù jù}

1. serialized drama
2. dramatic series
3. show in parts

連續性〔连续-〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ sing³ {lián xù xìng}

continuity

連續集〔连续-〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ zaap⁶ {lián xù jí}

TV series

連軸轉〔连轴转〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ zyun² {lián zhóu zhuàn}

1. lit. to continuously revolve
2. to work non-stop
3. to work around the clock (idiom)

連珠砲〔连-炮〕 lin⁴ zyu¹ paau³ {lián zhū pào}

in quick-fire succession

連消帶打〔连-带-〕 lin⁴ siu¹ daai³ daa² {lián xiāo dài dǎ}

to parry and counterattack

連中三元〔连---〕 lin⁴ zung³ saam¹ jyun⁴ {lián zhòng sān yuán}

to get a first qualification in imperial examinations at provincial, national and palace level successively

連奔帶跑〔连-带-〕 lin⁴ ban¹ daai³ paau² {lián bēn dài pǎo}

1. to run quickly
2. to rush
3. to gallop

連鑣並軫〔连镳并轸〕 lin⁴ biu¹ bing⁶ zan² {lián biāo bìng zhěn}

1. lit. reins together and carriages level (idiom); keeping exactly abreast of one another
2. running neck and neck

連本帶利〔连-带-〕 lin⁴ bun² daai³ lei⁶ {lián běn dài lì}

1. both principal and interest
2. capital plus profit

連帶責任〔连带责-〕 lin⁴ daai³ zaak³ jam⁶ {lián dài zé rèn}

1. to bear joint responsibility for sth
2. joint liability (law)

連結主義〔连结-义〕 lin⁴ git³ zyu² ji⁶ {lián jié zhǔ yì}

connectionism

連滾帶爬〔连滚带-〕 lin⁴ gwan² daai³ paa⁴ {lián gǔn dài pá}

1. rolling and crawling
2. trying frantically to escape (idiom)

連哄帶騙〔连-带骗〕 lin⁴ hung⁶ daai³ pin³ {lián hōng dài piàn}

1. to cajole
2. to sweet talk sb into doing sth

連篇累牘〔连--牍〕 lin⁴ pin¹ leoi⁵ duk⁶ {lián piān lěi dú}

1. (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)
2. verbose

連三併四〔连-并-〕 lin⁴ saam¹ bing³ sei³ {lián sān bìng sì}

1. one after the other
2. in succession (idiom)

連鎖反應〔连锁-应〕 lin⁴ so² faan² jing³ {lián suǒ fǎn yìng}

chain reaction

連鎖商店〔连锁--〕 lin⁴ so² soeng¹ dim³ {lián suǒ shāng diàn}

chain store

連體嬰兒〔连体婴儿〕 lin⁴ tai² jing¹ ji⁴ {lián tǐ yīng ér}

1. conjoined twins
2. Siamese twins

連踢帶打〔连-带-〕 lin⁴ tek³ daai³ daa² {lián tī dài dǎ}

to kick and beat (idiom)

連環殺手〔连环杀-〕 lin⁴ waan⁴ saat³ sau² {lián huán shā shǒu}

serial killer

連雲港市〔连云--〕 lin⁴ wan⁴ gong² si⁵ {Lián yún gǎng shì}

Lianyungang prefecture level city in Jiangsu

連綴動詞〔连缀动词〕 lin⁴ zeoi³ dung⁶ ci⁴ {lián zhuì dòng cí}

linking verb

連指手套〔连---〕 lin⁴ zi² sau² tou³ {lián zhǐ shǒu tào}

mittens

連字符號〔连--号〕 lin⁴ zi⁶ fu⁴ hou⁶ {lián zì fú hào}

hyphen

連戰連勝〔连战连胜〕 lin⁴ zin³ lin⁴ sing³ {lián zhàn lián shèng}

fighting and winning a series of battles (idiom); ever victorious

連續不斷〔连续-断〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ bat¹ dyun⁶ {lián xù bù duàn}

1. continuous
2. unceasing

連續變調〔连续变调〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ bin³ diu⁶ {lián xù biàn diào}

tone sandhi

連續監視〔连续监视〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ gaam¹ si⁶ {lián xù jiān shì}

continuous monitoring

連續函數〔连续-数〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ haam⁴ sou³ {lián xù hán shù}

continuous function

連體雙胞胎〔连体双--〕 lin⁴ tai² soeng¹ baau¹ toi¹ {lián tǐ shuāng bāo tāi}

1. conjoined twins
2. Siamese twins

連續統假設〔连续统-设〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ tung² gaa² cit³ {lián xù tǒng jiǎ shè}

(math.) the continuum hypothesis

連續介質力學〔连续-质-学〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ gaai³ zat¹ lik⁶ hok⁶ {lián xù jiè zhì lì xué}

1. mechanics of a continuous medium
2. fluid mechanics

連續譯碼階段〔连续译码阶-〕 lin⁴ zuk⁶ jik⁶ maa⁵ gaai¹ dyun⁶ {lián xù yì mǎ jiē duàn}

sequential decoding stage

連南瑤族自治縣〔连-瑶---县〕 lin⁴ naam⁴ jiu⁴ zuk⁶ zi⁶ zi⁶ jyun⁶ {Lián nán Yáo zú Zì zhì xiàn}

Liannan Yao Autonomous County in Qingyuan 清遠, Guangdong

連山壯族瑤族自治縣〔连-壮-瑶---县〕 lin⁴ saan¹ zong³ zuk⁶ jiu⁴ zuk⁶ zi⁶ zi⁶ jyun⁶ {Lián shān Zhuàng zú Yáo zú zì zhì xiàn}

Lianshan Zhuang and Yao autonomous county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong