蓮 (lin4 | lian2 lian3 lian4) : lotus; water lily

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蓮

lin4

lian2 lian3 lian4

[1] the lotus; water lily [2] Buddhist paradise; the "clean" land (Buddhism)

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蓮 / 莲

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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蓮花 lin4 faa1 lian2 hua1 = lotus

睡蓮 seoi6 lin4 = water lily

蓮子 lin4 zi2 = lotus seed

蓮藕 lin4 ngau5 lian2 ou3 = lotus root

蓮蓉飽 lin4 jung4 baau2*1 lian2 rong2 bao3 = lotus seed paste with egg-yolk bun

紅毛榴蓮 hung4 mou4 lau4 lin2 hong2 mao2 liu2 lian2 = soursop

榴蓮 [港] lau4 lin4 [馬] lau4 lin4*2 liu2 lian2 = durian

松子蓮蓉小月餅 cung4 zi2 lin4 jung4 siu2 jyut6 beng2 = lotus paste and pine nut mini moon cakes

臘味蓮藕小炒 laap6 mei6*2 lin4 ngau5 siu2 caau2 = stir-fried lotus with preserved pork

金黃蓮蓉月餅 gam1 wong4 lin4 jung4 jyut6 beng2 jin1 huang2 lian2 rong2 yue4 bing3 = golden lotus paste moon cakes
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唔知阿蓮要去唔去。粵
Not sure whether Ah Lin wants to go or not.

亞蓮隔離周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾粵
Ah Lin's neighbour often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.

呢個人罄竹難書，請佢食蓮子羹平宜咗佢粵
This man was responsible for many countless wrong doings. We let him off easy by putting a bullet in him.

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Decimal representation of this word: 蓮
Unicode code for this character: U+84EE (off-site link)

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