上聯

上聯

See also: 上联

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (上聯)		上	聯
simp. (上联)		上	联

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànglián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ lyun⁴, soeng⁶ lyun^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): siōng-liân / siāng-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shànglián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqlian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànglián
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ljɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上聯兒／上联儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngliánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqlial
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngliánr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ljɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ lyun⁴, soeng⁶ lyun^4-2
    • Yale: seuhng lyùhn, seuhng lyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ lyn⁴, soeng⁶ lyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ lün⁴, sêng⁶ lün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² lyːn²¹/, /sœ̽ːŋ²² lyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnglieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxnglieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/

Noun

上聯

1. first line of a couplet on a scroll