"鏈" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /li̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /liːn²²⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /liːn²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /liːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /len³²⁻³²⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /len³²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /li̯en⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /liɛn⁵³/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /lie⁴⁵/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /l̃ieŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /liɛn²²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /liɛn⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /liɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan, Taipei], /liaŋ¹¹/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /lieŋ¹¹/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /li²³/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /li̯ɛn⁵¹/, /liːn²²⁻³⁵/, /liːn²²/, /liːn²¹/, /len³²⁻³²⁵/, /len³²/, /li̯en⁵⁵/, /liɛn⁵³/, /lie⁴⁵/, /l̃ieŋ⁵³/, /liɛn²²/, /liɛn⁴¹/, /liɛn³³/, /liaŋ¹¹/, /lieŋ¹¹/, /li²³/ Chinese transliterations: liàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], lian⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lin⁶⁻² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], lin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], lin⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], len^ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], 5* [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], len⁵ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], lien [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], liên⁴ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], lie³ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], lièng [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], liān [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], liang⁷ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], liêng⁷ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶li, liàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄌㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], liàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], lien⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], lyàn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], liann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], лянь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], ljanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], lín [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], lihn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], lìhn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], lin⁶⁻² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], lin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], lin⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], lin⁶⁻² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], lin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], lin⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], len^ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], 5* [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], len⁵ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], lien [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], lien [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], lian⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], lie³ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], lièng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], liān [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], lien [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], liāng [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], liēng [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], ⁶li [Northern, Wu], li^去 [Northern, Wu], ³li [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu], /*rens/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: , ,
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen): semantic 金 + phonetic 連 (OC *ren). From 連 (MC ljen). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen), {{Han compound|金|連|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen): semantic 金 + phonetic 連 (OC *ren), {{ltc-l|連}} 連 (MC ljen) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 鏈
  1. chain; wire; cable
    Sense id: en-鏈-zh-character-PaC5gULD
  2. chain; shack
    Sense id: en-鏈-zh-character-WeqTNwuz Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Eastern Min hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 83 0 17 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 0 78 0 22 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Eastern Min hanzi: 0 80 0 20 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 0 57 0 43 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 0 57 0 43 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 75 0 25 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 76 0 24 0 0 0
  3. to chain
    Sense id: en-鏈-zh-character-6Voqvrik
  4. chain (unit of length equal to 22 yards)
    Sense id: en-鏈-zh-character-FwFtzz0f Categories (other): Chinese hanzi Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 0 78 0 22 0 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 人鏈 (rénliàn), 人链 (rénliàn), 手鏈 (shǒuliàn), 手链 (shǒuliàn), 拉鏈 (lāliàn), 拉链 (lāliàn), 拉鏈工程, 拉链工程, 火鏈片, 火链片, 腳鏈 (jiǎoliàn), 脚链 (jiǎoliàn), 袚鏈, 袚链, 鉸鏈 (jiǎoliàn), 铰链 (jiǎoliàn), 鎖鏈 (suǒliàn), 锁链 (suǒliàn), 鏈子 (liànzi), 链子 (liànzi), 鏈條 (liàntiáo), 链条 (liàntiáo), 鏈椎, 链椎, 鏈球 (liànqiú), 链球 (liànqiú), 鏈球菌 (liànqiújūn), 链球菌 (liànqiújūn), 鏈軌, 链轨, 鏈鉗子, 链钳子, 鏈鎖反應, 链锁反应, 鏈黴素, 链霉素, 項鏈 (xiàngliàn), 项链 (xiàngliàn), 頸鏈, 颈链, 食物鏈 (shíwùliàn), 食物链 (shíwùliàn)

Character

IPA: /li̯ɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /li̯ɛn³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: lián [Mandarin, Pinyin], lian² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄧㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lián [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄌㄧㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], lián [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], lien² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], lyán [Mandarin, Yale, standard], lian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], лянь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], ljanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], trhjen [Middle-Chinese], ljen [Middle-Chinese], /*ren/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*r̥ʰen/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: , ,
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 鏈
  1. copper
    Sense id: en-鏈-zh-character-0W8G~iVd
  2. lead mine
    Sense id: en-鏈-zh-character--AUttJjt
  3. mine
    Sense id: en-鏈-zh-character-P9MFQv4~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rénliàn",
      "word": "人鏈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rénliàn",
      "word": "人链"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shǒuliàn",
      "word": "手鏈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shǒuliàn",
      "word": "手链"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lāliàn",
      "word": "拉鏈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lāliàn",
      "word": "拉链"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "拉鏈工程"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "拉链工程"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "火鏈片"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "火链片"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎoliàn",
      "word": "腳鏈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎoliàn",
      "word": "脚链"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "袚鏈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "袚链"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎoliàn",
      "word": "鉸鏈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎoliàn",
      "word": "铰链"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "suǒliàn",
      "word": "鎖鏈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "suǒliàn",
      "word": "锁链"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liànzi",
      "word": "鏈子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liànzi",
      "word": "链子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liàntiáo",
      "word": "鏈條"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liàntiáo",
      "word": "链条"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鏈椎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "链椎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liànqiú",
      "word": "鏈球"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liànqiú",
      "word": "链球"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liànqiújūn",
      "word": "鏈球菌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liànqiújūn",
      "word": "链球菌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鏈軌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "链轨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鏈鉗子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "链钳子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鏈鎖反應"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "链锁反应"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鏈黴素"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "链霉素"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiàngliàn",
      "word": "項鏈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiàngliàn",
      "word": "项链"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "頸鏈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "颈链"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shíwùliàn",
      "word": "食物鏈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shíwùliàn",
      "word": "食物链"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "金",
        "2": "連",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen): semantic 金 + phonetic 連 (OC *ren)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "連"
      },
      "expansion": "連 (MC ljen)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen): semantic 金 + phonetic 連 (OC *ren).\nFrom 連 (MC ljen).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "链",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍊",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "链",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "鏈",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "chain",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "liànzi",
          "text": "鏈子",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "chain",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "liànzi",
          "text": "链子",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chain; wire; cable"
      ],
      "id": "en-鏈-zh-character-PaC5gULD",
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "wire",
          "wire"
        ],
        [
          "cable",
          "cable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 83 0 17 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 78 0 22 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 80 0 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Min hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 57 0 43 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 57 0 43 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 75 0 25 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 76 0 24 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chain; shack"
      ],
      "id": "en-鏈-zh-character-WeqTNwuz",
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "shack",
          "shack"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to chain"
      ],
      "id": "en-鏈-zh-character-6Voqvrik",
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 78 0 22 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chain (unit of length equal to 22 yards)"
      ],
      "id": "en-鏈-zh-character-FwFtzz0f",
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lian⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "len^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "5*"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "len⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liên⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lie³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lièng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liang⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liêng⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶li"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²²⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "len^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "5*"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "len⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/len³²⁻³²⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/len³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lian⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯en⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lie³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lie⁴⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lièng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃ieŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liēng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liaŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶li"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³li"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*rens/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lin⁶ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lin⁶ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lin⁶ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²²⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/len³²⁻³²⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/len³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯en⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lie⁴⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃ieŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liaŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*rens/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鏈"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "链",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍊",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "链",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "鏈",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "copper"
      ],
      "id": "en-鏈-zh-character-0W8G~iVd",
      "links": [
        [
          "copper",
          "copper"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lead mine"
      ],
      "id": "en-鏈-zh-character--AUttJjt",
      "links": [
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "mine",
          "mine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mine"
      ],
      "id": "en-鏈-zh-character-P9MFQv4~",
      "links": [
        [
          "mine",
          "mine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lian²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "trhjen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ren/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*r̥ʰen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ren/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*r̥ʰen/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鏈"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese hanzi",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 鏈",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min hanzi",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Middle Chinese hanzi",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese hanzi",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "rénliàn",
      "word": "人鏈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénliàn",
      "word": "人链"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒuliàn",
      "word": "手鏈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒuliàn",
      "word": "手链"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lāliàn",
      "word": "拉鏈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lāliàn",
      "word": "拉链"
    },
    {
      "word": "拉鏈工程"
    },
    {
      "word": "拉链工程"
    },
    {
      "word": "火鏈片"
    },
    {
      "word": "火链片"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎoliàn",
      "word": "腳鏈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎoliàn",
      "word": "脚链"
    },
    {
      "word": "袚鏈"
    },
    {
      "word": "袚链"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎoliàn",
      "word": "鉸鏈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎoliàn",
      "word": "铰链"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suǒliàn",
      "word": "鎖鏈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suǒliàn",
      "word": "锁链"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liànzi",
      "word": "鏈子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liànzi",
      "word": "链子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liàntiáo",
      "word": "鏈條"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liàntiáo",
      "word": "链条"
    },
    {
      "word": "鏈椎"
    },
    {
      "word": "链椎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liànqiú",
      "word": "鏈球"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liànqiú",
      "word": "链球"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liànqiújūn",
      "word": "鏈球菌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liànqiújūn",
      "word": "链球菌"
    },
    {
      "word": "鏈軌"
    },
    {
      "word": "链轨"
    },
    {
      "word": "鏈鉗子"
    },
    {
      "word": "链钳子"
    },
    {
      "word": "鏈鎖反應"
    },
    {
      "word": "链锁反应"
    },
    {
      "word": "鏈黴素"
    },
    {
      "word": "链霉素"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàngliàn",
      "word": "項鏈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàngliàn",
      "word": "项链"
    },
    {
      "word": "頸鏈"
    },
    {
      "word": "颈链"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shíwùliàn",
      "word": "食物鏈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shíwùliàn",
      "word": "食物链"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "金",
        "2": "連",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen): semantic 金 + phonetic 連 (OC *ren)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "連"
      },
      "expansion": "連 (MC ljen)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ren, *rens, *r̥ʰen): semantic 金 + phonetic 連 (OC *ren).\nFrom 連 (MC ljen).",
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    {
      "form": "链",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍊",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "链",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "鏈",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "chain",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "liànzi",
          "text": "鏈子",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              1
            ]
          ],
          "english": "chain",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "liànzi",
          "text": "链子",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chain; wire; cable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "wire",
          "wire"
        ],
        [
          "cable",
          "cable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chain; shack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "shack",
          "shack"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to chain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chain (unit of length equal to 22 yards)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lian⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "len^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "5*"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "len⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liên⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lie³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lièng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liang⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liêng⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶li"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²²⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "len^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "5*"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "len⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/len³²⁻³²⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/len³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lian⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯en⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lie³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lie⁴⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lièng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃ieŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liēng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liaŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieŋ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶li"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "li^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³li"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*rens/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lin⁶ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lin⁶ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ lin⁶ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²²⁻³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/len³²⁻³²⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/len³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯en⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lie⁴⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̃ieŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liaŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lieŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*rens/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鏈"
}

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    "Chinese hanzi",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 鏈",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese hanzi",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese hanzi",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese nouns",
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "链",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "鍊",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "链",
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        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "鏈",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "copper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "copper",
          "copper"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lead mine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "mine",
          "mine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mine",
          "mine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lian²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lien²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "trhjen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ren/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*r̥ʰen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ren/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*r̥ʰen/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鏈"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 鏈 meaning in Chinese (11.2kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "鏈",
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}

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