TongTong
Sign in

连锁 (lián suǒ) — chain (modifying a noun, e.g., chain store, chain brand); interlocking, linked (in chain reaction or compound events)

Definition

Used as a modifier before a noun, meaning 'chain' (连锁店 'chain store') or 'linked/cascading' (连锁反应 'chain reaction'). It is an adjective; for the verb 'to be connected', use 相连.

adjective
chain (modifying a noun, e.g., chain store, chain brand)interlockinglinked (in chain reaction or compound events)

Examples

  • 。
    Zhè jiā lián suǒ diàn zài quán guó yǒu yì bǎi duō jiā fēn diàn.
    This chain store has over a hundred branches nationwide.
  • 。
    Jīn róng wēi jī yǐn qǐ le yì lián chuàn de lián suǒ fǎn yìng.
    The financial crisis triggered a series of chain reactions.
  • 连锁。
    lián suǒ Jīng yíng mó shì néng jiàng dī cǎi gòu chéng běn.
    The chain operation model can lower procurement costs.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

连liánlink
锁suǒlock

连 links and 锁 locks; together they describe things joined in a chain, as in 连锁.

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 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

  • 辶辵chuòto walk
  • 車車jūchariot

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

Open 连 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鎖; 锁 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧴪
𧴪𧴪鎖suǒ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 鎖 pairs 金 (metal) with a sound component, 𧴪; the simplified 锁 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the original parts.

Open 锁 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Business & Commerce

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.