联络

lián luò

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Common

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Definitions

1. to get in touch with
2. to contact
3. to stay in contact (with)
4. liaison
5. (math.) connection

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 断开 duàn kāi 断开 duàn kāi to break means 'to disconnect' or 'to sever contact': to break

Related words

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• 沟通 gōu tōng 沟通 gōu tōng to join; to connect; to link up focuses more on communication and exchange of ideas: to join; to connect; to link up

Synonyms

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• 联系 lián xì 联系 lián xì connection used in similar contexts for 'to contact': connection

Usage notes

Collocations

联络 is more formal than 联系 and often used in diplomatic or military contexts for 'liaison'.

Common mistakes

联络 is usually intransitive and often followed by 方式 (means of contact) or used as a noun; do not directly add a person as object without 与 (with).

Example Sentences

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请保持 联络 。

Please keep in touch.

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Words Containing 联络

• 中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室 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
• 对外联络部 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)
• 联络官 联络官 lián luò guān: liaison officer
• 联络簿 联络簿 lián luò bù: contact book

Child Words of 联络

• 络 络 lào: small net
• 络 络 luò: net-like object
• 联 联 lián: to ally