Meaning
to ally; to unite; to join
Chinese: 联合、联系或联结。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “lian” becomes a different word in each tone. 联 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 联系lián xìconnection; contact; relation; to get in touch with
- 联合lián héto combine; to join; unite; alliance
- 联络lián luòto get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison
- 联想lián xiǎngto associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection; mental association; word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
- 联盟lián méngalliance; union; coalition
Example Sentence
请把你的电话号码留给我，方便联系。Qǐng bǎ nǐ de diàn huà hào mǎ liú gěi wǒ, fāng biàn lián xì.Please leave me your phone number so we can keep in touch.
请Qǐngto ask把bǎ(marks the object)你nǐyou的deof电话diàn huàtelephone号码hào mǎnumber留给liú gěito set aside for我wǒI，方便fāng biànconvenient联系lián xìconnection。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Simplified from 聯. It means ‘to join, link, unite, ally; in succession, in a row; a couplet (对联)’ (联系, 联合, 春联).
A way to remember it
‘To join / link / unite’: 联系 (contact), 联合 (unite).