HSK 6 · Money

连锁 liánsuǒ “chain (store etc.)” in Chinese

Traditional 連鎖

What 连锁 means

  1. chain (store etc.)
  2. linked
  3. to interlock
  4. to be linked

How to say 连锁

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale连lián2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale锁suǒ3rd tone, dipping

连锁 in a sentence

  1. 这家咖啡店是全国连锁的。

    Zhè jiā kāfēidiàn shì quánguó liánsuǒ de.

    This café is part of a national chain.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 一个小错误可能引起连锁反应。

    Yí ge xiǎo cuòwù kěnéng yǐnqǐ liánsuǒ fǎnyìng.

    One small mistake can set off a chain reaction.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 连锁 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 连 (lián) with each of its parts in a different colour
连liánto link
  • 车cart · chē
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò
The character 锁 (suǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
锁suǒto lock; to lock up
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīnMeaning part
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎoSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèi

钅 hints at the meaning (gold); ⺌ (xiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with suǒ.

How to write 连锁

连 7 strokes · 锁 12 strokes

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

Words related to 连锁

Words with 连

连lián · even (连…都/也)连续liánxù · continuous连忙liánmáng · promptly连年liánnián · for years in a row接连jiēlián · in succession连同liántóng · together with

Words with 锁

锁suǒ · to lock封锁fēngsuǒ · to blockade

More words: Money & Economy

金融jīnróng · finance集团jítuán · group开支kāizhī · expenses亏损kuīsǔn · loss (financial)流通liútōng · to circulate垄断lǒngduàn · monopoly批发pīfā · wholesale贫困pínkùn · poor

FAQs

连锁 (liánsuǒ) means “chain (store etc.)” or “linked”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it liánsuǒ: lián with a 2nd tone, then suǒ with a 3rd 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, 连锁 is written 連鎖. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liansuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 连锁 from the suggestions. Typing liansuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
连锁 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.