lián 
		to link
to join
to connect
continuously
in succession
including
(used with 也, 都 etc) even
company (military)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liàn 
		to feel attached to
to long for
to love
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			lián 
		to ally
to unite
to join
(poetry) antithetical couplet
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liǎn 
		face
CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liàn 
		chain
cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)
chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m)
to chain
to enchain
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liàn 
		to practice
to train
to drill
to perfect (one's skill)
exercise
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liàn 
		Japanese variant of 煉|炼[lian4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lián 
		variant of 鐮|镰, scythe
sickle
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lián zài 
		serialized
published as a serial (in a newspaper)
also pronounced [lián zǎi]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lì àn 
		to register (to an official organism)
to file a case (for investigation)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lián 
		incorruptible
honest
inexpensive
to investigate (old)
side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liàn 
		variant of 練|练, to practice
to train
to drill
to perfect (one's skill)
exercise
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lián 
		Hypophthalmichthys moritrix
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liǎn 
		to hold back
to restrain
to control (oneself)
to collect
Taiwan pr. [lian4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liàn 
		variant of 鏈|链
a chain
variant of 煉|炼
to smelt
to refine
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lián 
		hanging screen or curtain
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lián 
		flag used as a shop sign
variant of 簾|帘[lian2]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lián 
		vessel used for grain offerings
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Lǐ Ān 
		Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xī dé 
		West Germany
German Federal Republic 德意志·聯邦·共和國|德意志·联邦·共和国[Dé yì zhì · Lián bāng · Gòng hé gúo]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Lián yún 
		Lian'yun district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市[Lian2 yun2 gang3 shi4], Jiangsu
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Lián Pō 
		Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yuán shǐ 
		History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liàn 
		to prepare a dead body for coffin
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Lián yún qū 
		Lian'yun district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市[Lian2 yun2 gang3 shi4], Jiangsu
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liǎn 
		trailing plant
liana
creeper
wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Sòng Lián 
		Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			liàn 
		arrange
control oneself
gather
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lián 
		see 槤枷|梿枷[lian2 jia1], flail
to thresh (using a flail)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			nán méng 
		southern league
abbr. for ASEAN (Association of southeast Asian states) 東南亞國家聯盟|东南亚国家联盟[dōng nán yà gúo jiā lián méng]