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Definitions

  1. 1. to ally
  2. 2. to unite
  3. 3. to join
  4. 4. (poetry) antithetical couplet

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Words Containing 联

英联合王国
yīng lián hé wáng guó

United Kingdom

独联体
dú lián tǐ

Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union)

三联管
sān lián guǎn

triplet

联军
lián jūn

allied armies

曼联
màn lián

Manchester United Football Club

对联
duì lián

rhyming couplet

联邦快递
lián bāng kuài dì

FedEx

联想起
lián xiǎng qǐ

to associate

联合舰队
lián hé jiàn duì

combined fleet

级联
jí lián

cascade

联运票
lián yùn piào

transfer ticket

缅甸联邦
miǎn diàn lián bāng

Union of Myanmar, official name of Burma 1998-2010

阿拉伯国家联盟
ā lā bó guó jiā lián méng

Arab League, regional organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia, and North and Northeast Africa, officially called the League of Arab States

亚洲足球联合会
yà zhōu zú qiú lián hé huì

Asian Football Confederation

阿拉伯联合酋长国
ā lā bó lián hé qiú zhǎng guó

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

联想
lián xiǎng

Lenovo

春联
chūn lián

Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)

联宗
lián zōng

combined branches of a clan

联邦制
lián bāng zhì

federal

联邦德国
lián bāng dé guó

German Federation

联欢会
lián huān huì

social gathering

联绵词
lián mián cí

two-syllable word featuring alliteration or rhyme, such as 玲瓏|玲珑[líng lóng]

全世界无产者联合起来
quán shì jiè wú chǎn zhě lián hé qǐ lai

Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!

太平洋联合铁路
tài píng yáng lián hé tiě lù

Union Pacific Railroad

苏联
sū lián

Soviet Union, 1922-1991

联合
lián hé

to combine

中国文学艺术界联合会
zhōng guó wén xué yì shù jiè lián hé huì

China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)

非洲联盟
fēi zhōu lián méng

African Union

联邦州
lián bāng zhōu

federal state

多米尼加联邦
duō mǐ ní jiā lián bāng

the Commonwealth of Dominica

三联书店
sān lián shū diàn

Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948

苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟
sū wéi āi shè huì zhǔ yì gòng hé guó lián méng

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991

联合组织
lián hé zǔ zhī

syndicate

联合国教科文组织
lián hé guó jiào kē wén zǔ zhī

UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

重联
chóng lián

(physics) magnetic reconnection

苏联最高苏维埃
sū lián zuì gāo sū wéi āi

Supreme Soviet

东南亚联盟
dōng nán yà lián méng

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

关联
guān lián

to be related; to be connected

复联
fù lián

Avengers (comics)

西欧联盟
xī ōu lián méng

Western European Union (WEU)

联络簿
lián luò bù

contact book

人民联盟党
rén mín lián méng dǎng

People's alliance party

邦联
bāng lián

confederation

互联网
hù lián wǎng

Internet

联邦调查局
lián bāng diào chá jú

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

联合古大陆
lián hé gǔ dà lù

Pangea or Pangaea

联产到劳
lián chǎn dào láo

to pay sb according to their productivity

因特网联通
yīn tè wǎng lián tōng

Internet connection

偶联反应
ǒu lián fǎn yìng

chain reaction (chemistry)

联产
lián chǎn

co-production

国际足球联合会
guó jì zú qiú lián hé huì

FIFA

联系人
lián xì rén

contact (person)

联系方式
lián xì fāng shì

contact details

国家互联网信息办公室
guó jiā hù lián wǎng xìn xī bàn gōng shì

Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)

联机
lián jī

online

联通
lián tōng

China United Telecommunications Corporation

联络
lián luò

to get in touch with

联合收割机
lián hé shōu gē jī

combine (i.e. combine harvester)

前苏联
qián sū lián

former Soviet Union

国立西南联合大学
guó lì xī nán lián hé dà xué

National Southwest Combined University (Peking, Tsinghua and Nankai Universities in exile in Kunming 1937-1945)

联合国粮农组织
lián hé guó liáng nóng zǔ zhī

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

英联邦
yīng lián bāng

British Commonwealth of Nations

联合国开发计划署
lián hé guó kāi fā jì huà shǔ

United Nations Development Program

联机游戏
lián jī yóu xì

a network computer game

联合政府
lián hé zhèng fǔ

coalition government

欧洲原子能联营
ōu zhōu yuán zǐ néng lián yíng

Euratom

联星
lián xīng

binary star

中国联合航空
zhōng guó lián hé háng kōng

China United Airlines

联营
lián yíng

joint venture

独立国家联合体
dú lì guó jiā lián hé tǐ

Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union)

联合发表
lián hé fā biǎo

joint statement

对外联络部
duì wài lián luò bù

CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office)

万维网联合体
wàn wéi wǎng lián hé tǐ

W3C, global Internet steering committee

阿拉伯电信联盟
ā lā bó diàn xìn lián méng

Arab Telecommunication Union

磁重联
cí chóng lián

(physics) magnetic reconnection

美联储
měi lián chǔ

US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank

联盟号
lián méng hào

Soyuz (union), Russian spacecraft series

妇联
fù lián

women's league

国际体操联合会
guó jì tǐ cāo lián hé huì

Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

九校联盟
jiǔ xiào lián méng

C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998

联邦通信委员会
lián bāng tōng xìn wěi yuán huì

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

联立方程式
lián lì fāng chéng shì

simultaneous equations (math.)

联姻
lián yīn

related by marriage

关联公司
guān lián gōng sī

related company

联机分析处理
lián jī fēn xī chǔ lǐ

online analysis processing OLAP

澳大利亚联邦
ào dà lì yà lián bāng

Commonwealth of Australia

国际棋联
guó jì qí lián

International Chess Federation

日英联军
rì yīng lián jūn

Anglo-Japanese allied army (intervention during Russian revolution and civil war 1917-1922)

联手
lián shǒu

lit. to join hands

联合国宪章
lián hé guó xiàn zhāng

United Nations charter

珠联璧合
zhū lián bì hé

string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination

韩联社
hán lián shè

Yonhap (South Korean news agency)

联合王国
lián hé wáng guó

United Kingdom

香港工会联合会
xiāng gǎng gōng huì lián hé huì

Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions

联调联试
lián tiáo lián shì

debugging and commissioning

东南亚国家联盟
dōng nán yà guó jiā lián méng

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

国际羽毛球联合会
guó jì yǔ máo qiú lián hé huì

International Badminton Federation

互联网络
hù lián wǎng luò

network

联合公报
lián hé gōng bào

joint announcement

联赛
lián sài

(sports) league

联考
lián kǎo

entrance examination

相联
xiāng lián

to interact

中国联通
zhōng guó lián tōng

China Unicom

德意志联邦共和国
dé yì zhì lián bāng gòng hé guó

Federal Republic of Germany

中国残疾人联合会
zhōng guó cán jí rén lián hé huì

China Disabled Persons' Federation

英雄联盟
yīng xióng lián méng

League of Legends (video game)

联诵
lián sòng

liaison (in phonetics) (loanword)

耦联晶体管
ǒu lián jīng tǐ guǎn

coupled transistor (electronics)

国际互联网络
guó jì hù lián wǎng luò

Internet

联运
lián yùn

through transport

联席会议
lián xí huì yì

joint conference

欧洲自由贸易联盟
ōu zhōu zì yóu mào yì lián méng

European Free Trade Association

美国联合通讯社
měi guó lián hé tōng xùn shè

Associated Press (AP)

串联
chuàn lián

to establish ties or contact

韩国联合通讯社
hán guó lián hé tōng xùn shè

Yonghap (South Korean news agency)

银联
yín lián

UnionPay

有联系
yǒu lián xì

to be connected

联通红筹公司
lián tōng hóng chóu gōng sī

Unicom Red Chip, Hong Kong subsidiary of China Unicom 中國聯通|中国联通[zhōng guó lián tōng]

国际田联
guó jì tián lián

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)

入联
rù lián

to join an alliance

联俄
lián é

alliance with Russia (e.g. of early Chinese communists)

物联网
wù lián wǎng

Internet of things (IoT)

原苏联
yuán sū lián

former Soviet Union

紧密相联
jǐn mì xiāng lián

closely interrelated

联合技术公司
lián hé jì shù gōng sī

United Technologies Corporation

联氨
lián ān

hydrazine

南亚区域合作联盟
nán yà qū yù hé zuò lián méng

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

中国左翼作家联盟
zhōng guó zuǒ yì zuò jiā lián méng

the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930

联合军演
lián hé jūn yǎn

joint military exercise

联合式合成词
lián hé shì hé chéng cí

coordinative compound word

联合国儿童基金会
lián hé guó ér tóng jī jīn huì

United Nations Children's Fund

挽联
wǎn lián

pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration

联翩
lián piān

(literary) to come in quick succession

联合国秘书处
lián hé guó mì shū chù

United Nations Secretariat

联谊会
lián yì huì

association

联合报
lián hé bào

United Daily News, Taiwan newspaper

多氯联苯
duō lǜ lián běn

polychlorinated biphenyl

联络官
lián luò guān

liaison officer

超联
chāo lián

(sports) superleague

万国邮联
wàn guó yóu lián

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

联邦政府
lián bāng zhèng fǔ

federal government

门联
mén lián

couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)

联名
lián míng

jointly (signed, declared, sponsored)

美国联准
měi guó lián zhǔn

American Federal Reserve

蝉联
chán lián

to continue in a post

联盟
lián méng

alliance

美国联邦储备
měi guó lián bāng chǔ bèi

US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank

有关联
yǒu guān lián

related to

达尔罕茂明安联合旗
dá ěr hǎn mào míng ān lián hé qí

Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头[bāo tóu], Inner Mongolia

联网
lián wǎng

to connect (or be connected) to a network; to network

企业联合组织
qǐ yè lián hé zǔ zhī

syndicate (group of businesses)

联体别墅
lián tǐ bié shù

townhouse

国际田径联合会
guó jì tián jìng lián hé huì

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)

联轴器
lián zhòu qì

(mechanics) coupler; coupling

联合国气候变化框架公约
lián hé guó qì hòu biàn huà kuàng jià gōng yuē

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

春节联欢晚会
chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì

CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special

国际航空联合会
guó jì háng kōng lián hé huì

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), world body of gliding and aeronautic sports

国际联盟
guó jì lián méng

League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN

国际数学联盟
guó jì shù xué lián méng

International Mathematical Union

俄联邦
é lián bāng

Russian Federation, RSFSR

联合声明
lián hé shēng míng

joint declaration

俄罗斯联邦
é luó sī lián bāng

Russian Federation, RSFSR

联邦
lián bāng

federal

万国邮政联盟
wàn guó yóu zhèng lián méng

Universal Postal Union

中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室
zhōng yāng rén mín zhèng fǔ zhù xiāng gǎng tè bié xíng zhèng qū lián luò bàn gōng shì

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

特征联合
tè zhēng lián hé

characteristic binding

联播
lián bō

to broadcast over a network

失联
shī lián

to lose contact

易建联
yì jiàn lián

Yi Jianlian (1987-), Chinese basketball player for the New Jersey Nets (NBA)

国际电信联盟
guó jì diàn xìn lián méng

International Telecommunications Union

苏黎世联邦理工学院
sū lí shì lián bāng lǐ gōng xué yuàn

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, a university

八国联军
bā guó lián jūn

Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900

关联词
guān lián cí

(grammar) a connective

大英联合王国
dà yīng lián hé wáng guó

United Kingdom

互联
hù lián

interconnected

美国联邦航空局
měi guó lián bāng háng kōng jú

Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)

楹联
yíng lián

couplet (hung on the columns of a hall)

联产到组
lián chǎn dào zǔ

to pay remuneration according to output (idiom)

联合自强
lián hé zì qiáng

to combine together for self-improvement

联系
lián xì

connection

联合国海洋法公约
lián hé guó hǎi yáng fǎ gōng yuē

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

联署
lián shǔ

joint signatures (on a letter or declaration)

联结车
lián jié chē

big rig

联合会
lián hé huì

federation

左联
zuǒ lián

the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930

并联
bìng lián

parallel connection

联合包裹服务公司
lián hé bāo guǒ fú wù gōng sī

United Parcel Service (UPS)

互相联系
hù xiāng lián xì

mutually related

安联
ān lián

Allianz, German financial service company

互联网站
hù lián wǎng zhàn

Internet site

联轴节
lián zhòu jié

(mechanics) coupling

民主建港协进联盟
mín zhǔ jiàn gǎng xié jìn lián méng

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong

联队
lián duì

wing (of an air force)

联席董事
lián xí dǒng shì

associate director

联合国安全理事会
lián hé guó ān quán lǐ shì huì

United Nations Security Council

联谊
lián yì

friendship

联想集团
lián xiǎng jí tuán

Lenovo Group (PRC computer firm)

欧洲联盟
ōu zhōu lián méng

European Union (EU)

苏联之友社
sū lián zhī yǒu shè

Soviet Union friendly society

基督教民主联盟
jī dū jiào mín zhǔ lián méng

Christian Democratic Union (German political party)

联结主义
lián jié zhǔ yì

connectionism

联欢
lián huān

to have a get-together

联保
lián bǎo

joint guarantee (finance, law)

美联社
měi lián shè

Associated Press (AP)

浮想联翩
fú xiǎng lián piān

to let one's imagination roam

内联网
nèi lián wǎng

intranet

联袂
lián mèi

jointly

联合国大会
lián hé guó dà huì

United Nations General Assembly

加勒比国家联盟
jiā lè bǐ guó jiā lián méng

Association of Caribbean States

中华全国妇女联合会
zhōng huá quán guó fù nǚ lián hé huì

All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)

联合国环境规划署
lián hé guó huán jìng guī huà shǔ

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

颔联
hàn lián

third and fourth lines (in an eight-line poem) which form a couplet

阿联酋航空
ā lián qiú háng kōng

Emirates (airline)

联想学习
lián xiǎng xué xí

associative learning

联合国难民事务高级专员办事处
lián hé guó nán mín shì wù gāo jí zhuān yuán bàn shì chù

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

中国银联
zhōng guó yín lián

China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization

电机及电子学工程师联合会
diàn jī jí diàn zǐ xué gōng chéng shī lián hé huì

IEEE

联结
lián jié

to bind

对比联想
duì bǐ lián xiǎng

word association

全国民主联盟
quán guó mín zhǔ lián méng

Myanmar or Burma National league for democracy (NLD)

联合国
lián hé guó

United Nations

联邦紧急措施署
lián bāng jǐn jí cuò shī shǔ

Federal Emergency Management Agency