連理

See also: 连理

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (連理)		連	理
simp. (连理)		连	理

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liánlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ lei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liánlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liánlǐ
  - Wade–Giles: lien²-li³
  - Yale: lyán-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianlii
  - Palladius: ляньли (ljanʹli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lin⁴ lei⁵
  - Yale: lìhn léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ lei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-lí
  - Tâi-lô: liân-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lienlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ li⁴¹/

Verb

連理

(of branches) to interlock

Noun

連理

(figurative) deep relationship between a married couple; loving couple

Derived terms

喜結連理／喜结连理 (xǐjiéliánlǐ)
連理枝／连理枝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
連	理
れん Grade: 4	り Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

連(れん)理(り) • (renri)

trees having intertwined branches
the deep relationship between married people

Derived terms

麝香連理草(じゃこうれんりそう) (jakōrenrisō): sweet pea

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