下聯

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (下聯)		下	聯
simp. (下联)		下	联

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ lyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǎ-liân / hā-liân / hēe-liân / ě-liân / ē-liân / liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàlián
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-lien²
    • Yale: syà-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahlian
    • Palladius: сялянь (sjaljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ lyun⁴
    • Yale: hah lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² lyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-liân
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-liân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-liân
    • Tâi-lô: hā-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-liân
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-liân
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-liân
    • Tâi-lô: ě-liân
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /e²² liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-liân
    • Tâi-lô: ē-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân
    • Tâi-lô: liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³/

Noun

下聯

1. second or latter line of a couplet

Related terms

• 上聯／上联 (shànglián)