| 连 | lián | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military); surname Lian |
| 连续 | lián xù | continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive |
| 连接 | lián jiē | to link; to join; to attach; connection; a link (on web page) |
| 相连 | xiāng lián | to link; to join; link; connection |
| 一连 | yī lián | in a row; in succession; running |
| 连忙 | lián máng | promptly; at once |
| 连同 | lián tóng | together with; along with |
| 连年 | lián nián | successive years; over many years |
| 大连 | Dà lián | Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China |
| 接连 | jiē lián | on end; in a row; in succession |
| 连队 | lián duì | company (of troops) |
| 连环画 | lián huán huà | lianhuanhua (graphic novel) |
| 牵连 | qiān lián | to implicate; implicated |
| 连夜 | lián yè | the same night; that very night; before this night is out |
| 连连 | lián lián | repeatedly; again and again |
| 连日 | lián rì | day after day; for several days running |
| 连锁 | lián suǒ | to interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc) |
| 连声 | lián shēng | repeatedly (say something) |
| 连贯 | lián guàn | strung together as a series |
| 连绵 | lián mián | continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted; extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc) |
| 株连 | zhū lián | to involve others (in a crime); guilt by association |
| 连通 | lián tōng | to connect; to communicate; to relate |
| 连累 | lián lěi | to involve; to implicate sb; to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc) |
| 连环 | lián huán | chain |
| 祁连山 | Qí lián shān | Mt Qilian in Qinhai |
| 连坐 | lián zuò | to implicate and punish also the criminal's associates |
| 连写 | lián xiě | connected handwriting; joined up writing (as opposed to block capitals) |
| 连天 | lián tiān | reaching the sky; for days on end; incessantly |
| 连用 | lián yòng | to continue using; use together with sth; use next |
| 连续函数 | lián xù hán shù | continuous function |
| 黄连 | huáng lián | Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine |
| 粘连 | nián lián | to adhere; to stick together |
| 粘连 | zhān lián | adhesion; to adhere; to cohere; to stick |
| 毗连 | pí lián | adjoin |
| 接二连三 | jiē èr lián sān | one after another (idiom); in quick succession |
| 连载 | lián zài | serialized; published as a serial (in a newspaper); also pronounced [lian2 zai3] |
| 连锁反应 | lián suǒ fǎn yìng | chain reaction |
| 连云港 | Lián yún gǎng | Lianyungang prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 连任 | lián rèn | to continue in (a political) office; to serve for another term of office |
| 留连 | liú lián | reluctant to leave |
| 连通器 | lián tōng qì | communicating vessels (in scientific experiment) |
| 连…带… | lián dài | both... and...; at the same time |
| 连…都… | lián dōu | even... all |
| 连滚带爬 | lián gǔn dài pá | rolling and crawling; trying frantically to escape (idiom) |
| 连续剧 | lián xù jù | serialized drama; dramatic series; show in parts |
| 一连串 | yī lián chuàn | a chain of (events, errors, jobs, problems, successes etc); a succession of (disasters); a series; a row (of stores) |
| 三连胜 | sān lián shèng | hat-trick (sports) |
| 不连续 | bù lián xù | discontinuous; discrete |
| 不连续面 | bù lián xù miàn | surface of discontinuity |
| 二连 | Èr lián | Erlian basin in Inner Mongolia |