連綿

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
variant forms		聯綿／联绵
anagram		綿連／绵连

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánmián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ min⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): liân-biân / liân-mî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: liánmián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianmian
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 聯綿／联绵 連綿／连绵

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁴ min⁴
    • Yale: lìhn mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ min⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ min⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ miːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

Adjective

連綿

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

Derived terms

連綿不斷／连绵不断 連綿不絕／连绵不绝 連綿字／连绵字 (liánmiánzì)

連綿詞／连绵词 (liánmiáncí) 連綿起伏／连绵起伏