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下聯

下聯

Chinese

		under; second; next under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter	to ally; to unite; to join
trad. (下聯)		下	聯
simp. (下联)		下	联

Noun

下聯

second or latter line of a couplet

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàlián

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ lyun⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hǎ-liân / hā-liân / hēe-liân / ě-liân / ē-liân / liân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàlián
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahlian
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ lyun⁴
  - Yale: hah lyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ lyn⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑː²² lyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-liân
  - Tâi-lô: hǎ-liân
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-liân
  - Tâi-lô: hā-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxlieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-liân
  - Tâi-lô: hēe-liân
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ liɛn¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-liân
  - Tâi-lô: ě-liân
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e²² liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-liân
  - Tâi-lô: ē-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: exlieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân
  - Tâi-lô: liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³/