# 對聯
## Chinese

* 對聯 (Written Standard Chinese)
* antithetical couplet (English)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): duìlián
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi$^3$ lyun$^{4-2}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tui-lièn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): dui$^4$ liên$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): dui$^3$ lye$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): do̿-lîng
* Eastern Min (BUC): dó̤i-lièng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tùi-liân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dui$^3$ liang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$te-li
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duìlián
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duèilián
*** Wade–Giles: tui$^4$-lien$^2$
*** Yale: dwèi-lyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueylian
*** Palladius: дуйлянь (dujljanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duìliánr
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duèiliánr
*** Wade–Giles: tui$^4$-lien$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dwèi-lyánr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueylial
*** Palladius: дуйляньр (dujljanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑɻ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: deoi$^3$ lyun$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: deui lyún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: doey$^3$ lyn$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dêu$^3$ lün$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɵy̯³³ lyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tui-lièn
*** Hakka Romanization System: dui lien$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dui$^4$ lian$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tu̯i⁵⁵ li̯en¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: dui$^4$ liên$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tuɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ liɛn¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: dui$^3$ lye$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tuei⁴⁵ lye¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: do̿-lîng
*** Sinological IPA : /to³³ liŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dó̤i-lièng
*** Sinological IPA : /tøy²¹³⁻⁵⁵ l̃ieŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-liân
*** Tâi-lô: tuì-liân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: duielieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹⁻⁴¹ liɛn²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dui$^3$ liang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tùi liâng
*** Sinological IPA : /tui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ liaŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$te-li
*** MiniDict: te$^去$ li
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$te-li
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /te³³ li⁴⁴/

### Noun

對聯
* antithetical couplet, often consisting of two lines of verse written vertically down the opposing sides of a doorway (Classifier: 幅)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 吊子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 對聯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 對聯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 對聯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 對子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 對子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 對子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 對子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 對子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 對子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 對, 對聯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 對, 對聯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 對 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 對子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 對子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 對子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 對聯, 對仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 對子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 對聯 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 對聯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 對聯 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 對聯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 對聯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 對聯 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 對聯, 對子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 對子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 對聯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 對聯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 聯對 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 聯對 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 聯對, 門對 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 聯對 GT |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 對聯 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 對 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 對 |
| Wu | Danyang | 對聯, 對子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 對子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 對子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 対聯(ついれん) (tsuiren)
* → Korean: 대련(對聯) (daeryeon)
* → Vietnamese: đối liên (對聯)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 對 | 聯 |
| つい Hyōgai | れん Hyōgai |
| yutōyomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 對 | 聯 |
| たい Hyōgai | れん Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

對(つい)聯(れん) or 對(たい)聯(れん) • (tsuiren or tairen)
* Kyūjitai form of 対聯: antithetical couplet

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 對 | 聯 |

### Noun

對聯 • (daeryeon) (hangeul 대련)
* hanja form of 대련 (“antithetical couplet”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 對 | 聯 |

### Noun

對聯
* chữ Hán form of đối liên (“antithetical couplet”).