連莊

See also: 連荘 and 连庄

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively	farm; village
trad. (連莊)		連	莊
simp. (连庄)		连	庄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liánzhuāng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ zong¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-chng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liánzhuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liánjhuang
  - Wade–Giles: lien²-chuang¹
  - Yale: lyán-jwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianjuang
  - Palladius: ляньчжуан (ljanʹčžuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lin⁴ zong¹
  - Yale: lìhn jōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ dzong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ zong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-chng
  - Tâi-lô: liân-tsng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lienzngf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/

Verb

連莊

(mahjong, of a dealer) to retain the dealer position for the next round after a win

Descendants

→ Japanese: 連荘 (renchan)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 連莊 – see the following entry.

【連荘レンチャン】

[noun] (mahjong) the retainment of the east or 親 (oya, “dealer”) position after a win

[noun] (by extension) events that are repeated or in a series

Alternative spelling
連チャン

(This term, 連莊, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)