蟬聯

Chinese

		cicada	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (蟬聯)		蟬	聯
simp. (蝉联)		蝉	联
alternative forms		蟬連／蝉连

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chánlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim⁴ lyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâm-liân / siân-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánlián
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan²-lien²
    • Yale: chán-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnlian
    • Palladius: чаньлянь (čanʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim⁴ lyun⁴
    • Yale: sìhm lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim⁴ lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim⁴ lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm²¹ lyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâm-liân
    • Tâi-lô: siâm-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siamlieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siam²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siân-liân
    • Tâi-lô: siân-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienlieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn¹³⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/

Verb

蟬聯

1. to continue in a post; to win a title in successive years