联接 (lián jiē) — to connect; to link | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

联接 and 连接 are both 'connect / link'; 联接 is more formal and technical (systems, infrastructure), while 连接 is the everyday choice.

verb

to connectto link

联接。
Zhè ge xì tǒng xū yào yǔ fú wù qì lián jiē.
This system needs to connect to the server.
联接。
Wǒ men jiāng zhè liǎng gè bù fen lián jiē qǐ lái.
We will connect these two parts together.
联接。
Zhè tiáo tiě lù lián jiē le nán běi liǎng zuò chéng shì.
This railway connects two cities in the north and south.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

Both 联 and 接 mean to join or connect, so together they describe linking two things.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聯; 联 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聯 combines 耳 (ear) and 絲 (silk); 联 is a simplified form of 聯.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌妾接

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

妾

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, matching the sense of receiving something in the hand, while 妾 gives the character its sound.

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