连
連HSK 3freq #406
Meanings
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- 1.surname Lian
- 1.to link
- 2.to join
- 3.to connect
- 4.continuously
- 5.in succession
- 6.including
- 7.(used with 也[yě], 都[dōu] etc) even
- 8.company (military)
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- 1.sickle
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡ·rem): semantic 金 (“gold; metal”) + phonetic 廉 (OC *ɡ·rem). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjam (“sharp”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
连小孩儿都会做。
Even a child could do it.
汤姆醉得连我都认不出来了。
Tom was so drunk that he didn't even recognize me.
汤姆甚至连怎么煎鸡蛋都不知道。
Tom doesn't even know how to fry an egg.
这太秘密了，连我都不知道它是关于什么的。
It's so secret that even I don't know what it's all about.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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