连 lián in a sentence
Connect (in succession - including - even)
连 (lián) means Connect (in succession - including - even). Below are 24 of the 36 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 连 饭都没吃就走了。
Tā lián fàn dōu méi chī jiù zǒu le.
He left without even eating.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 连
这个字 连 老师也不认识。
Zhège zì lián lǎoshī yě bú rènshi.
Even the teacher does not know this character.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 连
这一带 连 年丰收。
Zhè yídài liánnián fēngshōu.
This area has had good harvests year after year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 连年
公司 连 续两年亏损。
Gōngsī liánxù liǎng nián kuīsǔn.
The company has made a loss for two years running.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亏损
医生 连 夜抢救伤员。
Yīshēng liányè qiǎngjiù shāngyuán.
The doctors worked through the night to save the injured.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抢救
这里 连 续下了三天雨。
Zhèlǐ liánxù xià le sān tiān yǔ.
It rained here three days running.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 连续
这本书 连 续三年畅销。
Zhè běn shū liánxù sān nián chàngxiāo.
This book has been a bestseller for three years running.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 畅销
村民 连 夜加固了堤坝。
Cūnmín liányè jiāgù le dībà.
The villagers reinforced the embankment overnight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 堤坝
连 日暴雨使河水泛滥。
Liánrì bàoyǔ shǐ héshuǐ fànlàn.
Days of heavy rain caused the river to overflow.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 泛滥
他接 连 问了三个问题。
Tā jiēlián wèn le sān ge wèntí.
He asked three questions one after another.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 接连
远处的山峦 连 绵起伏。
Yuǎnchù de shānluán liánmián qǐfú.
The distant hills roll on in an unbroken chain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 起伏
他 连 续工作了十个小时。
Tā liánxù gōngzuò le shí ge xiǎoshí.
He worked ten hours in a row.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 连续
写文章最忌讳空话 连 篇。
Xiě wénzhāng zuì jìhuì kōnghuà liánpiān.
The worst thing in writing is page after page of empty words.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 忌讳
连 年干旱让农民很发愁。
Liánnián gānhàn ràng nóngmín hěn fāchóu.
Successive years of drought have left the farmers worried.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 连年
不能让无辜的人受牵 连 。
Bù néng ràng wúgū de rén shòu qiānlián.
Innocent people must not be dragged in.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无辜
她 连 续两年当选最佳球员。
Tā liánxù liǎng nián dāngxuǎn zuì jiā qiúyuán.
She was voted best player two years running.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 当选
这个星期接 连 下了五天雨。
Zhège xīngqī jiēlián xià le wǔ tiān yǔ.
It rained five days running this week.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 接连
这是一家全国 连 锁的书店。
Zhè shì yì jiā quánguó liánsuǒ de shūdiàn.
This is a nationwide chain bookshop.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 连锁
这座桥梁 连 接了两个城市。
Zhè zuò qiáoliáng liánjiē le liǎng ge chéngshì.
This bridge links the two cities.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 桥梁
看到老人,他 连 忙站了起来。
Kàn dào lǎorén, tā liánmáng zhàn le qǐlái.
Seeing the old man, he stood up at once.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 连忙
部队 连 夜撤退到了安全地带。
Bùduì liányè chètuì dào le ānquán dìdài.
The troops withdrew overnight to a safe area.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 撤退
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From the graded readers
第二天他 连 谢谢都没说。
dì'èr tiān tā lián xièxie dōu méi shuō.
The next day he didn't even say thank you.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
第一天,我 连 坐上去都做不到。
dìyī tiān, wǒ lián zuò shàngqù dōu zuò bùdào.
On the first day I couldn't even get on it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
连 appears in 36 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 连
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 连
How is 连 used in a sentence?
This page shows 36 sentences using 连 (lián, "Connect (in succession - including - even)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 连 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 连 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 连 an HSK word?
Yes — 连 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 连?
The dictionary page for 连 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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