Pinyin "lian2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "lian2" is split up into two parts: "li" and "an2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "li"

Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an2"

In the anthill's kitchen.

Characters pronounced lian2

to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even / company (military)

= + : Someone parked their car in the anthill's kitchen. Li Qingzhao is quite angry about it and locks the car up with a long and strong chain. She also leaves a pair of gladiator sandals and a note that if the driver is too bad at parking they should rather use the sandals and walk.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a chain.
surname Lian

= + : Someone parked their car in the anthill's kitchen. Li Qingzhao is quite angry about it and locks the car up with a long and strong chain. She also leaves a pair of gladiator sandals and a note that if the driver is too bad at parking they should rather use the sandals and walk.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a chain.
to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).
to pity

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) got a job as an official working in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She has to slay anyone wearing an imperial name tag (令) with a flail (忄), because the name tag marks them as sentenced to death. Qingzhao likes her new job because she gets to work in a bar, but still sometimes she pities (怜) her victims.
flag used as a shop sign / variant of 簾|帘[lian2]

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) is creating a new flag to be used by the anthill as a shop sign (帘). She's painting very beautiful cave paintings (穴) on a towel (巾) just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). The owner is skeptic about his anthill being a cave or not, but he likes the flag anyway.
hanging screen or curtain

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) is creating a new flag to be used by the anthill as a shop sign (帘). She's painting very beautiful cave paintings (穴) on a towel (巾) just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). The owner is skeptic about his anthill being a cave or not, but he likes the flag anyway.
old variant of 廉[lian2]

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
old variant of 廉[lian2]

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
surname Lian

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)

= + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).
lotus

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to add lotus (莲) to the anthill's menu, so she sets up a big water tank in the kitchen (an2). In the tank she fixes sheets of artificial lawn (艹) to the bottom of the tank using chains (连) to act as scaffold for the new lotus (莲) plants.
variant of 鐮|镰[lian2]
name of a river in Hunan
scythe / sickle