連江

See also: 连江

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively	river
trad. (連江)		連	江
simp. (连江)		连	江

Flag of Lienchiang County 連江縣

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liánjiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ gong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Lièn-kông
• Eastern Min (BUC): Lièng-gŏng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Liân-kang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liánjiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liánjiang
    • Wade–Giles: Lien²-chiang¹
    • Yale: Lyán-jyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lianjiang
    • Palladius: Ляньцзян (Ljanʹczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁴ gong¹
    • Yale: lìhn gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lièn-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: lien^ˇ gong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lian² gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯en¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Lièng-gŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ieŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋouŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân-kang
    • Tâi-lô: Liân-kang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lienkafng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

連江

1. (～縣) Lianjiang (a county of Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
2. (～縣) Lienchiang (a county of Taiwan (Republic of China); de jure part of its Fujian Province; administrative name for the Matsu Islands)

   • 連江縣沿海及各鄉鎮藥用植物標本之蒐集、採集、鑑定及調查。 [MSC, trad.]
     连江县沿海及各乡镇药用植物标本之搜集、采集、鉴定及调查。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2000, Investigation and Study on The Resources of Chinese Crude Drugs in Taiwan (8) – (Investigation and Study on The Medicinal Plants in Lien-chiang County) 台灣產中藥材資源之調查研究（八）-連江縣藥用植物資源之調查報告, Hsieh, Wen-Chiuan 謝文全

     Liánjiāng Xiàn yánhǎi jí gè xiāngzhèn yào yòng zhíwù biāoběn zhī sōují, cǎijí, jiàndìng jí diàochá. [Pinyin]

     The accumulating, gathering, examining and investigating of medicinal plant specimens in the Lien-chiang and others Islets, and at the individual villages and towns of Lien-chiang County will be carried out:

3. (～鎮) Lianjiang (a town in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China)
4. Lian River (the largest tributary of the Bei River in Guangdong)

Descendants

• → English: Lianjiang, Lienchiang, Lien-chiang, Lienkiang, Lienkong