漣漣

See also: 涟涟

Chinese

		ripple; tearful	ripple; tearful
trad. (漣漣)		漣	漣
simp. (涟涟)		涟	涟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ lin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lièn-lièn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liánlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liánlián
    • Wade–Giles: lien²-lien²
    • Yale: lyán-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianlian
    • Palladius: ляньлянь (ljanʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 漣漣／涟涟 連連／连连

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lin⁴ lin⁴
    • Yale: lìhn lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ liːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 漣漣／涟涟 連連／连连

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lièn-lièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: lienˇ lienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lian² lian²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯en¹¹ li̯en¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljen ljen

Rime
Character	漣
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力延切
Baxter	ljen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lian/
Li Rong	/liɛn/
Wang Li	/lĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]a[n]  [r]a[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ren  ren/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	漣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lián
Middle Chinese	‹ ljen ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]a[n]/
English	ripple; drip
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	漣
Reading #	1/1
No.	7993
Phonetic component	連
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	連
Old Chinese	/*ren/

Adjective

漣漣

1. (literary, of tears) flowing continuously

   • 哎，只落得兩淚漣漣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     哎，只落得两泪涟涟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 13^th to 14^th century, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E

     Āi, zhǐ luòdé liǎng lèi liánlián. [Pinyin]

     Alas, I'm only left with two streams of tears flowing continuously.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漣	漣
れん Jinmeiyō	れん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
漣々 (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 漣漣 (liᴇn liᴇn).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れんれん [rèńréń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞nɾẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

漣(れん)漣(れん) • (renren) ^†-tari (adnominal 漣(れん)漣(れん)とした (renren to shita) or 漣(れん)漣(れん)たる (renren taru), adverbial 漣(れん)漣(れん)と (renren to) or 漣(れん)漣(れん)として (renren to shite))

1. (of tears) continuously flowing