連理

See also: 连理

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (連理)		連	理
simp. (连理)		连	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ lei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liánlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liánlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: lien²-li³
    • Yale: lyán-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianlii
    • Palladius: ляньли (ljanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁴ lei⁵
    • Yale: lìhn léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ lei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-lí
    • Tâi-lô: liân-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lienlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/

Verb

連理

1. (of branches) to interlock

Noun

連理

1. (figurative) deep relationship between a married couple; loving couple

Derived terms

• 喜結連理 / 喜结连理 (xǐjiéliánlǐ)
• 連理枝 / 连理枝

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
連	理
れん Grade: 4	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

連(れん)理(り) • (renri) 

1. trees having intertwined branches
2. the deep relationship between married people

Derived terms

• 麝香連理草(じゃこうれんりそう) (jakōrenrisō): sweet pea