HSK 6 · Society

联盟 liánméng “alliance” in Chinese

Traditional 聯盟

What 联盟 means

  1. alliance
  2. union
  3. coalition

How to say 联盟

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale盟méng2nd tone, rising

联盟 in a sentence

  1. 几家小公司结成了联盟。

    Jǐ jiā xiǎo gōngsī jiéchéng le liánméng.

    Several small companies formed an alliance.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这支球队属于哪个联盟？

    Zhè zhī qiúduì shǔyú nǎge liánméng?

    Which league does this team belong to?

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 联盟 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 盟 (méng) with each of its parts in a different colour
盟méngoath
  • 明bright · míngSound part
  • 皿dish · mǐnMeaning part

皿 hints at the meaning (dish); 明 (míng) hints at the sound. Compare it with méng.

How to write 联盟

联 12 strokes · 盟 13 strokes

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

Words related to 联盟

Words with 联

联系liánxì · to contact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)对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)

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FAQs

联盟 (liánméng) means “alliance” or “union”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it liánméng: lián with a 2nd tone, then méng with a 2nd 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, 联盟 is written 聯盟. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lianmeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 联盟 from the suggestions. Typing lianmeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
联盟 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.