联 (lián): connect, unite
联 (lián) is a Chinese character meaning “connect, unite.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 耳 (semantic) and 关 (phonetic). It ranks #356 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 联 ear. Its radical form 耳 (ear) appears in many related characters such as 闻 (wén, to hear, to smell), 职 (zhí, job, duty), 耳 (ěr, ear).
Definitions
- connect, unite
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 联
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 联系verb | lián xì | variant of 聯繫|联系 | 4 |
| 联合verb/adjective | lián hé | to combine | 5 |
| 关联verb | guān lián | to be related | 6 |
| 联合国noun | lián hé guó | United Nations | 6 |
| 互联网noun | hù lián wǎng | Internet | 4 |
| 联想verb | lián xiǎng | to associate (cognitively) | 6 |
| 联网verb | lián wǎng | to connect (or be connected) to a network | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 联邦noun | lián bāng | federal |
| 联盟noun | lián méng | alliance |
| 联络verb | lián luò | to get in touch with |
| 苏联proper-noun | sū lián | Soviet Union, 1922-1991 |
| 联赛noun | lián sài | (sports) league |
| 联谊会noun | lián yì huì | association |
| 联手verb | lián shǒu | lit. to join hands |
| 联合会noun | lián hé huì | federation |
| 联系人noun | lián xì rén | contact person |
| 联播noun | lián bō | to broadcast over a network |
| 联结verb | lián jié | to combine |
| 联队noun | lián duì | wing (of an air force) |
| 联谊verb | lián yì | friendship |
| 联姻verb | lián yīn | related by marriage |
| 蝉联verb | chán lián | to continue in a post |
联 appears in 101 compound words: 57 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 联 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (14)
Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
Showing 12 of 14 idioms containing 联.
Example Sentences
请联系相关部门，协调解决这个问题。
Qǐng liánxì xiāngguān bùmén, xiétiáo jiějué zhè gè wèntí.
Please contact the relevant departments to coordinate and solve this problem.
联合国:收到伊朗来信 对地区紧张局势深表关...
lián gě guó : shōu dào yī lǎng lái xìn duì dì qū jǐn zhāng jú shì shēn biǎo guān . . .
United Nations: Received a letter from Iran expressing deep concern about regional tensions...
美国向联合国支付1.6亿美元部分欠款,仅为其约2...
měi guó xiàng lián gě guó zhī fù 1 . 6 yì měi yuán bù fēn qiàn kuǎn , jǐn wéi qí yuē 2 . . .
The United States paid the United Nations $160 million in partial arrears, only about 2...
“新春走基层”为了不失联的信号
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng wéi le bù shī lián de xìn hào
"New Year to the grassroots" is a signal not to lose contact
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měi gǔ sān dà qī zhǐ jí tī zǒu gāo měi lián chǔ jiāng gōng bù yuè huì yì jì yāo jīn . .
The three major U.S. stock futures indexes are collectively higher The Federal Reserve will release the minutes of its January meeting | Today...
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yī juǎn chūn fēng sān dì shū fú jiàn shěng chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì huì mò lǐ fēng . .
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苏联学家研究什么呢？
Sūlián xué jiā yánjiū shénme ne?
What does a Sovietologist study?
汤姆那里有联系过你吗？
Tāngmǔ nàli yǒuliánxì guo nǐ ma?
Have you heard from Tom?
全世界无产者，联合起来！
Quánshìjiè wúchǎnzhě, liánhé qǐlai!
Workers of the world, unite!
我希望我们能保持联系。
Wǒ xīwàng wǒmen néng bǎochí liánxì.
I hope we stay in touch.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 耳 (ear) component
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