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
variant forms		留連／留连流漣／流涟 “to shed tears”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúlián

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ lin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù-lièn
Min Nan (POJ): liû-liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: liúlián
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioulian
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    榴槤／榴梿
    榴蓮／榴莲
    榴連／榴连
    流連／流连
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ lin⁴
  - Yale: làuh lìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ lin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ lin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ liːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    榴槤／榴梿
    流連／流连
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-lièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ lienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liu² lian²
  - IPA: /li̯u¹¹ li̯en¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-liân
  - Tâi-lô: liû-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liulieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/

Verb

流連

to be reluctant to leave; to linger
(literary) to enjoy oneself and forget to go home
(literary) to be forced to migrate and be separated from each other
(literary) to repeat
(literary) to shed tears

Derived terms

流連忘返／流连忘返 (liúliánwàngfǎn)

流連荒亡／流连荒亡

Etymology 2

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

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