连 lián
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 车 cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
连贯
liánguàn
to connect coherently; coherent
Characters in this word
贯 guàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 毌 old form of 貫 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这篇论文的论点虽然复杂，但章节之间衔接连贯，读起来并不吃力。 Zhè piān lùnwén de lùndiǎn suīrán fùzá, dàn zhāngjié zhījiān xiánjiē liánguàn, dú qǐlai bìng bù chīlì. Although the arguments in this paper are complex, the chapters connect coherently and it is not difficult to read.
- 他的发言很连贯，听的人一点也不觉得乱。 Tā de fāyán hěn liánguàn, tīng de rén yìdiǎn yě bù juéde luàn. His speech was coherent, and listeners didn't find it messy at all.
- 这几个动作要连贯起来做，中间不能停。 Zhè jǐ ge dòngzuò yào liánguàn qǐlai zuò, zhōngjiān bù néng tíng. Do these moves in one flowing sequence, without stopping in between.
Related words
- 连 lián even; in a row
- 连忙 liánmáng hurriedly
- 连续 liánxù continuous; in a row
- 连续剧 liánxùjù television series
- 接连 jiēlián one after another
- 连接 liánjiē to connect
- 相连 xiānglián to be connected
- 接二连三 jiē'èrliánsān one after another; in succession
- 连连 liánlián again and again; repeatedly
- 连绵 liánmián continuous; stretching unbroken
- 连年 liánnián year after year; for successive years
- 连任 liánrèn to be re-elected; to serve consecutive terms