連綿字

Chinese

		to be continuous; to be unbroken; to be forever extending to be continuous; to be unbroken; to be forever extending; to be uninterrupted	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (連綿字)		連綿	字
simp. (连绵字)		连绵	字
alternative forms		聯綿字／联绵字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liánmiánzì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ min⁴ zi⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-biân-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liánmiánzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liánmiánzìh
  - Wade–Giles: lien²-mien²-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: lyán-myán-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianmiantzyh
  - Palladius: ляньмяньцзы (ljanʹmjanʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    聯綿字 / 联绵字
    連綿字 / 连绵字
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lin⁴ min⁴ zi⁶
  - Yale: lìhn mìhn jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ min⁴ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ min⁴ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ miːn²¹ t͡siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-biân-lī
  - Tâi-lô: liân-biân-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lienbienli
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ biɛn²³⁻³³ li³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ biɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/

Noun

連綿字

(Chinese linguistics) Alternative name for 連綿詞／连绵词 (liánmiáncí, “disyllabic morpheme”).