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
连绵
liánmián
continuous; stretching unbroken
Characters in this word
绵 mián
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 帛 silk, fabric
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 山脉连绵数百公里，形成了天然屏障，也限制了交通发展。 Shānmài liánmián shù bǎi gōnglǐ, xíngchéng le tiānrán píngzhàng, yě xiànzhì le jiāotōng fāzhǎn. The mountain range stretches unbroken for hundreds of kilometres, forming a natural barrier and also limiting transport development.
- 窗外是连绵的群山，景色非常壮观。 Chuāng wài shì liánmián de qúnshān, jǐngsè fēicháng zhuàngguān. Outside the window are endless rolling mountains, and the view is spectacular.
- 连绵的秋雨下了一个星期，路上到处都是水。 Liánmián de qiūyǔ xià le yí ge xīngqī, lù shang dàochù dōu shì shuǐ. The incessant autumn rain fell for a week, with water everywhere on the roads.
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
- 连贯 liánguàn to connect coherently; coherent
- 连连 liánlián again and again; repeatedly
- 连年 liánnián year after year; for successive years
- 连任 liánrèn to be re-elected; to serve consecutive terms