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lián

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lián Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lián | lian2
English translation
flowing water; ripples; weeping

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About lián

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

lián

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

water

Etymology of lián

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵连

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Lián

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and Lián represents the sound. Simplified form of lián .

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Example sentences using lián

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wǎng 池塘 chítáng rēng kuài 鹅卵石 é luǎn shí jiù huì 激起 jī qǐ 一片涟漪 lián yī

You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.

Words with lián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
涟漪 lián yī ripple漣漪
lián ripple lián
涟源市 Lián yuán shì Lianyuan county level city in Loudi 婁底|娄底 Lóu dǐ [Lóu​dǐ], Hunan漣源市
涟水 Lián shuǐ Lianshui county in Huai'an 淮安 Huái ān [Huái​'ān], Jiangsu漣水
涟源 Lián yuán Lianyuan county level city in Loudi 婁底|娄底 Lóu dǐ [Lóu​dǐ], Hunan漣源
涟水县 Lián shuǐ xiàn Lianshui county in Huai'an 淮安 Huái ān [Huái​'ān], Jiangsu漣水縣

lián Decomposition & Compounds

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