| 廉 | lián | incorruptible; honest; inexpensive; to investigate (old); side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old); surname Lian |
| 廉价 | lián jià | cheaply-priced |
| 低廉 | dī lián | cheap; inexpensive; low |
| 威廉 | Wēi lián | William or Wilhelm (name) |
| 廉洁 | lián jié | honest; not coercive; honesty; integrity; incorruptible |
| 孝廉 | xiào lián | xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing; successful second degree candidate |
| 价廉物美 | jià lián wù měi | fig. the price is cheap but the product is beautiful; lit. a bargain buy |
| 廉耻 | lián chǐ | honor and shame; sense of honour |
| 廉政 | lián zhèng | honest or clean politics |
| 俭以养廉 | jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián | frugality makes honesty (idiom) |
| 勤政廉政 | qín zhèng lián zhèng | honest and industrious government functionaries (idiom) |
| 姚思廉 | Yáo Sī lián | Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of 梁书 and 陳書 陈书 |
| 威廉・福克纳 | Wēi lián · Fú kè nà | William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet |
| 威廉・莎士比亚 | Wēi lián · Shā shì bǐ yà | William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright |
| 威廉斯堡 | Wēi lián sī bǎo | Williamsburg, Virginia |
| 廉俸 | lián fèng | extra allowances paid to government officials in the Qing dynasty |
| 廉政公署 | lián zhèng gōng shǔ | Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC) |
| 廉江 | Lián jiāng | Lianjiang county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong |
| 廉江市 | Lián jiāng shì | Lianjiang county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong |
| 廉直 | lián zhí | upright and honest; incorruptible; squeaky clean |
| 廉署 | lián shǔ | ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong |
| 廉颇 | Lián Pō | Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦国 and Qi 齐国 |
| 清廉 | qīng lián | honest; uncorrupted |
| 清正廉明 | qīng zhèng lián míng | upright and honest |
| 礼义廉耻 | lǐ yì lián chǐ | sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honour (i.e. the four social bonds, 四维) |
| 养廉 | yǎng lián | to encourage honesty; to discourage corruption |
| 高薪养廉 | gāo xīn yǎng lián | policy of high pay to discourage corruption |
| 物美价廉 | wù měi jià lián | cheap and fine; attractive in price and quality |
