上聯

See also: 上联

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (上聯)		上	聯
simp. (上联)		上	联

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànglián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ lyun⁴, soeng⁶ lyun^4-2
• Jin (Wiktionary): son³ lye¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-liân / siāng-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànglián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànglián
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-lien²
    • Yale: shàng-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqlian
    • Palladius: шанлянь (šanljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上聯兒／上联儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngliánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngliánr
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-lien²-ʼrh
    • Yale: shàng-lyánr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqlial
    • Palladius: шанляньр (šanljanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ li̯ɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ lyun⁴, soeng⁶ lyun^4-2
    • Yale: seuhng lyùhn, seuhng lyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ lyn⁴, soeng⁶ lyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ lün⁴, sêng⁶ lün^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² lyːn²¹/, /sœːŋ²² lyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: son³ lye¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sɒ̃⁴⁵ lye¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnglieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxnglieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/

Noun

上聯

1. first line of a couplet on a scroll

Related terms

• 下聯／下联 (xiàlián)