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連
简 连 · 繁 連Characters in this entry
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2 · lian2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 連. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (historical) man-drawn carriage
- to link; to join; to connect
- to ally with; to unite
- to involve; to implicate
- (literary) to simultaneously gain
- to include; including; counting
- continuously; successively; one after one; repeatedly
- from; counting from
- and; with
- together; with each other
- hard; difficult; tough
- full; entire; whole
- (literary) to fill; to cover
- (used in the 連…都/也… structures for emphasis) even; paradoxically
- affinity; relationship by marriage
- (military) company (consisting of platoons (排) and forming part of a battalion (營))
- (grammar) short for 連詞／连词 (liáncí, “conjunction”)
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (literary) difficult
character · Etymology 3
- (historical dictionaries only) to reach
- (obsolete) to remove
character · Etymology 4
- only used in 連石／连石
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