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Chinese
Etymology 1
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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)
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流
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連
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| simp. (流连)
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流
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连
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| alternative forms
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留連／留连
流漣／流涟 “to shed tears”
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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流
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連
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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liú
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lián
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ljuw ›
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‹ ljen ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ru/
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/*a/
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| English
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flow (v.)
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connect in a row
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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流
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連
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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8335
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7992
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Phonetic
component
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流
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連
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Rime
group
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幽
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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劉
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連
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Old
Chinese
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/*ru/
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/*ren/
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| Notes
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或爲毓省聲
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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
Synonyms
- (to be reluctant to leave): 留戀／留恋 (liúliàn), 依戀／依恋 (yīliàn)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 流連 – see 榴槤 (“durian”).
(This term is a variant form of 榴槤). |