Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
連
lián
Description
"连"表示一个动作或事物一个接着一个地发生，也可以用来加强语气，意思接近"甚至"。
"連" indicates actions or events happening one after another, and can also intensify meaning, similar to "even".
Meanings
连lián
even (emphasizing an extreme case)
他连饭都不吃了。
He doesn't even eat.
连lián
to link, connect, join together
这两个城市连在一起了。
These two cities are connected.
连lián
in a row, continuously, one after another
他连着几天没睡好。
He hasn't slept well for several days in a row.
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Notes
- Grammar
连…都/也 pattern emphasizes an extreme, meaning "even."
- Nuance
as a verb 连 stresses physical or logical joining together.
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