HSK 4 · Verbs

联系 liánxì “to contact” in Chinese

Traditional 聯繫

What 联系 means

  1. to contact
  2. to get in touch
  3. connection
  4. relation
  5. to get in touch with
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to integrate
  • to link

How to say 联系

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale联lián2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale系xì4th tone, falling

联系 in a sentence

  1. 我怎么联系你？

    Wǒ zěnme liánxì nǐ?

    How can I reach you?

    Sentence #408244 from Tatoeba

  2. 我希望我们能保持联系。

    Wǒ xīwàng wǒmen néng bǎochí liánxì.

    I hope we stay in touch.

    Sentence #334648 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们好久没有联系了，很高兴能给你写信。

    Wǒmen hǎojiǔ méiyǒu liánxì le, hěn gāoxìng néng gěi nǐ xiěxìn.

    We haven’t been in touch for ages. It’s great to be writing to you.

    Sentence #3699656 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 联系 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 联 (lián) with each of its parts in a different colour
联liánto ally oneself with; to unite
  • 耳ear · ěrMeaning part
  • 关frontier pass · guānSound part

耳 hints at the meaning (ear); 关 (guān) hints at the sound. Compare it with lián.

The character 系 (xì) with each of its parts in a different colour
系xìto connect
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 糸silk · mìMeaning part

Memory aidPicture silk threads 糸 hanging from a hand 丿: to tie, a link, a system.

How to write 联系

联 12 strokes · 系 7 strokes

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联系 (liánxì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 联系 (liánxì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 联系

Words with 联

互联网hùliánwǎng · the internet联合liánhé · to combine联欢liánhuān · to have a get-together联络liánluò · to contact联想liánxiǎng · to associate (ideas)联盟liánméng · alliance对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)

Words with 系

没关系méi guānxi · it’s okay关系guānxi · relation系xì · (university) department系统xìtǒng · system系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie体系tǐxì · system系列xìliè · series

More words: Thinking & Talking

看法kànfǎ · way of looking at a thing考虑kǎolǜ · to think over理解lǐjiě · to comprehend理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal梦mèng · dream能力nénglì · capability判断pànduàn · to judge批评pīpíng · to criticise

FAQs

联系 (liánxì) means “to contact” or “to get in touch”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it liánxì: lián with a 2nd tone, then xì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 联系 is written 聯繫. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lianxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 联系 from the suggestions. Typing lianxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
联系 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.