連鎖

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See also: 连锁

Chinese

even; as; to join
even; as; to join; to link; successively
 
 to lock up; to lock
trad. (連鎖) 連 鎖
simp. (连锁) 连 锁

Pronunciation

Adjective

連鎖

  1. chain (being a series of interconnected things, or businesses with the same brand name); linked together
    陳先生被原單位派遣到連鎖公司工作。 [MSC, trad.]
    陈先生被原单位派遣到连锁公司工作。 [MSC, simp.]
    Chén xiānsheng bèi yuándānwèi pàiqiǎn dào liánsuǒ gōngsī gōngzuò.
    Mr. Chen was sent by his former organization to work at a chain company.

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
連 鎖
れん
Grade: 4 		さ
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
聯鎖
鏈鎖

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 連鎖／连锁 (ljen swaX, literally “connect in a row + chain”). Compare modern Mandarin reading liánsuǒ.

Pronunciation

Noun

連(れん)鎖(さ) • (rensa) 

  1. a chain; a connection of things to one another
  2. genetic linkage

Synonyms

Verb

連(れん)鎖(さ)する • (rensa suru) intransitive suru (stem 連(れん)鎖(さ)し (rensa shi), past 連(れん)鎖(さ)した (rensa shita))

  1. to be linked

Conjugation

Conjugation of "連鎖する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 連鎖し れんさし rensa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 連鎖し れんさし rensa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 連鎖する れんさする rensa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 連鎖する れんさする rensa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 連鎖すれ れんさすれ rensa sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 連鎖せよ¹
連鎖しろ² 		れんさせよ¹
れんさしろ² 		rensa seyo¹
rensa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 連鎖される れんさされる rensa sareru
Causative 連鎖させる
連鎖さす 		れんささせる
れんささす 		rensa saseru
rensa sasu
Potential 連鎖できる れんさできる rensa dekiru
Volitional 連鎖しよう れんさしよう rensa shiyō
Negative 連鎖しない れんさしない rensa shinai
Negative continuative 連鎖せず れんさせず rensa sezu
Formal 連鎖します れんさします rensa shimasu
Perfective 連鎖した れんさした rensa shita
Conjunctive 連鎖して れんさして rensa shite
Hypothetical conditional 連鎖すれば れんさすれば rensa sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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