鏈 (lin2 lin4 | lian4) : chain

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鏈

lin2 lin4

lian4

[1] chain
[2] cable length - a unit of length for measuring distance at the sea, equal to 1/10 of a nautical mile or 185.2 m

Jyutping lin4 is standard reading, but variant reading lin2 is much more popular.

Stroke count: 19

Level: 2

Radical: (#167)

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

鏈 / 链

This word has been viewed 5593 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Mar 2012 13:55

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項鏈 hong6 lin4*2 xiang4 lian4 = neck chain; necklace

金鏈 gam1 lin4*2 jin1 lian4 = a gold chain

頸鏈 geng2 lin4*2 = necklace 粵

鎖鏈 so2 lin4*2 = ball and chain

手鏈 sau2 lin4*2 = bracelet

鏈球 lin2 kau4 lian4 qiu2 = hammer throw

自動上鏈 zi6 dung6 soeng5 lin4*2 = self-winding

拉鏈 laai1 lin4*2 la1 lian4 = zipper

食物鏈 sik6 mat6 lin4 shi2 wu4 lian4 = food chain

防盜鏈 fong4 dou6 lin2 fang2 dao4 lian4 = door safety chain
See all 17 compounds (CantoDict reports 18 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 鏈

聽日嘅聚會﹐我會戴住你送嘅頸鏈。粵
At tomorrow's gathering, I will be wearing the necklace you gave me.
[住 (-ing) is a durative marker in a future tense sentence here.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 鏈
Unicode code for this character: U+93c8 (off-site link)

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