# 連鎖
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liánsuǒ
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lin$^4$ so$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liân-só
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liang$^5$ so$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liánsuǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liánsuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^2$-so$^3$
*** Yale: lyán-swǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liansuoo
*** Palladius: ляньсо (ljanʹso)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lin$^4$ so$^2$
*** Yale: lìhn só
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lin$^4$ so$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lin$^4$ so$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːn²¹ sɔː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-só
*** Tâi-lô: liân-só
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liensoir
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² so⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² so⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ so⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liang$^5$ so$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâng só
*** Sinological IPA : /liaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ so⁵²/

### Adjective

連鎖
* chain (being a series of interconnected things, or businesses with the same brand name); linked together
       Chén xiānsheng bèi yuándānwèi pàiqiǎn dào liánsuǒ gōngsī gōngzuò. [Pinyin]
       Mr. Chen was sent by his former organization to work at a chain company.

#### Derived terms

* 連鎖反應／连锁反应 (liánsuǒ fǎnyìng)
* 連鎖商店／连锁商店 (liánsuǒ shāngdiàn)
* 連鎖店／连锁店 (liánsuǒdiàn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 連 | 鎖 |
| れん Grade: 4 | さ Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spellings
* 聯鎖 鏈鎖

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 連鎖／连锁 (ljen swa$^X$, literally “connect in a row + chain”). Compare modern Mandarin reading liánsuǒ.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) れんさ [réꜜǹsà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɾẽ̞ɰ̃sa̠]

### Noun

連(れん)鎖(さ) • (rensa)
* a chain; a connection of things to one another
* genetic linkage

#### Synonyms

* チェーン (chēn): chain

### Verb

連(れん)鎖(さ)する • (rensa suru) intransitive suru (stem 連(れん)鎖(さ)し (rensa shi), past 連(れん)鎖(さ)した (rensa shita))
* to be linked

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 連鎖し | れんさし | rensa shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 連鎖し | れんさし | rensa shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 連鎖する | れんさする | rensa suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 連鎖する | れんさする | rensa suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 連鎖すれ | れんさすれ | rensa sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 連鎖せよ¹ 連鎖しろ² | れんさせよ¹ れんさしろ² | rensa seyo¹ rensa shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 連鎖される | れんさされる | rensa sareru |
| Causative | 連鎖させる 連鎖さす | れんささせる れんささす | rensa saseru rensa sasu |
| Potential | 連鎖できる | れんさできる | rensa dekiru |
| Volitional | 連鎖しよう | れんさしよう | rensa shiyō |
| Negative | 連鎖しない | れんさしない | rensa shinai |
| Negative continuative | 連鎖せず | れんさせず | rensa sezu |
| Formal | 連鎖します | れんさします | rensa shimasu |
| Perfective | 連鎖した | れんさした | rensa shita |
| Conjunctive | 連鎖して | れんさして | rensa shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 連鎖すれば | れんさすれば | rensa sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN