# 連環
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liánhuán
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lin$^4$ waan$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liân-khoân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liang$^5$ huang$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liánhuán
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liánhuán
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^2$-huan$^2$
*** Yale: lyán-hwán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianhwan
*** Palladius: ляньхуань (ljanʹxuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯än³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lin$^4$ waan$^4$
*** Yale: lìhn wàahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lin$^4$ waan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lin$^4$ wan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːn²¹ waːn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-khoân
*** Tâi-lô: liân-khuân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lienqoaan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰuan²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰuan²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² kʰuan¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰuan²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ kʰuan²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liang$^5$ huang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâng huâng
*** Sinological IPA : /liaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ljen hwaen
Rime :
| Character | 連 | 環 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) | 刪 (70) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 力延切 | 戸關切 |
| Baxter | ljen | hwaen |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liᴇn/ | /ɦˠuan/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɛn/ | /ɦʷᵚan/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljæn/ | /ɣuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lian/ | /ɦwaɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /liɛn/ | /ɣuan/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭɛn/ | /ɣwan/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯ɛn/ | /ɣwan/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lián | huán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lin$^4$ | waan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]a[n] C.ɢʷˤ<r>en/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ren ɡʷraːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 連 | 環 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lián | huán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ljen › | ‹ hwæn › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]a[n]/ | /*C.ɢʷˁ<r>en/ |
| English | connect in a row | ring (n.) |
| 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 | 連 | 環 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 7992 | 16231 |
| Phonetic component | 連 | 睘 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 連 | 還 |
| Old Chinese | /*ren/ | /*ɡʷraːn/ |

### Noun

連環
* chain of connecting rings (often made of jade)
    九連環／九连环 ― jiǔliánhuán ― a Chinese folk toy/puzzle usually consisting of nine linked metal rings on a metal bar
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Jīnrì shì Yuè ér xī lái, liánhuán kě jiě yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* 九連環／九连环 (jiǔliánhuán)

### Adjective

連環
* (attibutive, figurative) interlinked
    連環爆炸／连环爆炸 ― liánhuán bàozhà ― serial explosions

#### Derived terms

* 九連環／九连环 (jiǔliánhuán)
* 連環保／连环保
* 連環圖畫／连环图画
* 連環套／连环套
* 連環扣／连环扣
* 連環畫／连环画 (liánhuánhuà)
* 連環計／连环计 (liánhuánjì)
* 連環車禍／连环车祸 (liánhuán chēhuò)