輓聯

Chinese

		draw; pull; send funeral ode	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (輓聯/挽聯)		輓/挽	聯
simp. (挽联)		挽	联

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁵ lyun⁴ / waan⁵ lyun^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boán-liân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnlián
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-lien²
    • Yale: wǎn-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanlian
    • Palladius: ваньлянь (vanʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁵ lyun⁴ / waan⁵ lyun^4-2
    • Yale: wáahn lyùhn / wáahn lyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁵ lyn⁴ / waan⁵ lyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁵ lün⁴ / wan⁵ lün^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn¹³ lyːn²¹/, /waːn¹³ lyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-liân
    • Tâi-lô: buán-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boafnlieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /buan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɛn²³/

Noun

輓聯

1. elegiac couplet

Synonyms

• 輓對／挽对, (Hokkien) 白聯／白联