首聯

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (首聯)		首	聯
simp. (首联)		首	联

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒulián

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² lyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒulián
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒulián
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-lien²
    • Yale: shǒu-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooulian
    • Palladius: шоулянь (šouljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² lyun⁴
    • Yale: sáu lyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² lyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² lün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ lyːn²¹/

Noun

首聯

1. (poetry) the first two lines of a lüshi

Coordinate terms

• 頷聯／颔联 (hànlián)
• 頸聯／颈联 (jǐnglián)
• 尾聯／尾联 (wěilián)