連莊

See also: 連荘 and 连庄

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively	farm; village
trad. (連莊)		連	莊
simp. (连庄)		连	庄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánzhuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ zong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-chng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liánzhuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liánjhuang
    • Wade–Giles: lien²-chuang¹
    • Yale: lyán-jwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianjuang
    • Palladius: ляньчжуан (ljanʹčžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁴ zong¹
    • Yale: lìhn jōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ dzong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ zong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-chng
    • Tâi-lô: liân-tsng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lienzngf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/

Verb

連莊

1. (mahjong, of a dealer) to retain the dealer position for the next round after a win

Descendants

• → Japanese: 連荘 (renchan)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 連莊 – see the following entry.

【連荘レンチャン】 [noun] (mahjong) the retainment of the east or 親 (oya, “dealer”) position after a win [noun] (by extension) events that are repeated or in a series Alternative spelling 連チャン

(This term, 連莊, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)