聯袂

Chinese

		to ally; to unite; to join	sleeve
trad. (聯袂)		聯	袂
simp. (联袂)		联	袂
alternative forms		連袂／连袂
Literally: “to join sleeves”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁴ mai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liân-mūi / liân-bē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liánmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liánmèi
    • Wade–Giles: lien²-mei⁴
    • Yale: lyán-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianmey
    • Palladius: ляньмэй (ljanʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lyun⁴ mai⁶
    • Yale: lyùhn maih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁴ mai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lün⁴ mei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²¹ mɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-mūi
    • Tâi-lô: liân-muī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lienmui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² muĩ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-bē
    • Tâi-lô: liân-bē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lienbe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² be²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² be²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljen mjiejH

Rime
Character	聯	袂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力延切	彌獘切
Baxter	ljen	mjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇn/	/miᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛn/	/miɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæn/	/mjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lian/	/miajH/
Li Rong	/liɛn/	/miɛiH/
Wang Li	/lĭɛn/	/mĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛn/	/mi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lin4	mai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·ron  mɡʷeds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	袂	袂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mèi	mèi
Middle Chinese	‹ kwet ›	‹ mjiejH ›
Old Chinese	/*k.mˁet/ (dialect: *k.m- > MC kw-)	/*k.met-s/
English	sleeve	sleeve
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聯	袂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8642	4405
Phonetic component	卵	夬
Rime group	元	祭
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	連
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·ron/	/*mɡʷeds/

Verb

聯袂

1. (formal) to do (something) jointly as a group; to do (something) in collaboration