連綿

See also: 连绵

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively	cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy
trad. (連綿)		連	綿
simp. (连绵)		连	绵
alternative forms		聯綿／联绵
anagram		綿連／绵连

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánmián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ min⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-biân / liân-mî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liánmián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liánmián
    • Wade–Giles: lien²-mien²
    • Yale: lyán-myán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianmian
    • Palladius: ляньмянь (ljanʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁴ min⁴
    • Yale: lìhn mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ min⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ min⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ miːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-biân
    • Tâi-lô: liân-biân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lienbieen
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² biɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² biɛn¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-mî
    • Tâi-lô: liân-mî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lienmii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ mĩ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ mĩ²⁴/

Verb

連綿

1. to be continuous; to be unbroken; to be forever extending; to be uninterrupted
2. (Chinese linguistics, of a morpheme) to be disyllabic

Synonyms

• (to be continuous):

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• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 綿亙 / 绵亘 (miángèn)
• 綿延 / 绵延 (miányán)

 

Derived terms

• 連綿不斷 / 连绵不断 (liánmiánbùduàn)
• 連綿不絕 / 连绵不绝 (liánmiánbùjué)
• 連綿字 / 连绵字 (liánmiánzì)
• 連綿詞 / 连绵词 (liánmiáncí)
• 連綿起伏 / 连绵起伏

 

Related terms

• 連續不斷／连续不断 (liánxùbùduàn)