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

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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    聯綿／联绵
    連綿／连绵
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

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

Synonyms

(to be continuous):

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
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)

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