流連

Chinese

Etymology 1

 
to flow; to spread; to circulate
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
 
even; as; to join
even; as; to join; to link; successively
trad. (流連) 流 連
simp. (流连) 流 连
alternative forms 留連/留连
流漣/流涟 “to shed tears”

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 流 連
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 力求切 力延切
Baxter ljuw ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨu/ /liᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/liu/ /liɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/liəu/ /ljæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luw/ /lian/
Li
Rong
/liu/ /liɛn/
Wang
Li
/lĭəu/ /lĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ə̯u/ /li̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liú lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lau4 lin4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 流 連
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
liú lián
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljuw › ‹ ljen ›
Old
Chinese
/*ru/ /*[r]a[n]/
English flow (v.) connect in a row

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 流 連
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8335 7992
Phonetic
component
流 連
Rime
group
幽 元
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
劉 連
Old
Chinese
/*ru/ /*ren/
Notes 或爲毓省聲

Verb

流連

  1. to be reluctant to leave; to linger
  2. (literary) to enjoy oneself and forget to go home
  3. (literary) to be forced to migrate and be separated from each other
  4. (literary) to repeat
  5. (literary) to shed tears
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 流連 – see 榴槤 (“durian”).
(This term is a variant form of 榴槤).
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