連鎖

See also: 连锁

Chinese

		even; as; to join even; as; to join; to link; successively	to lock up; to lock
trad. (連鎖)		連	鎖
simp. (连锁)		连	锁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liánsuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ so²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liân-só

(Teochew, Peng'im): liang⁵ so²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liánsuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liánsuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: lien²-so³
  - Yale: lyán-swǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liansuoo
  - Palladius: ляньсо (ljanʹso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lin⁴ so²
  - Yale: lìhn só
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ so²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ so²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ sɔː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-só
  - Tâi-lô: liân-só
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liensoir
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² so⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² so⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn¹³⁻²² so⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ so⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn²³⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liang⁵ so²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâng só
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ so⁵²/

Adjective

連鎖

chain (being a series of interconnected things, or businesses with the same brand name); linked together
陳先生被原單位派遣到連鎖公司工作。 [MSC, trad.]
陈先生被原单位派遣到连锁公司工作。 [MSC, simp.]
Chén xiānsheng bèi yuándānwèi pàiqiǎn dào liánsuǒ gōngsī gōngzuò. [Pinyin]
Mr. Chen was sent by his former organization to work at a chain company.

Derived terms

連鎖反應 / 连锁反应 (liánsuǒ fǎnyìng)
連鎖商店 / 连锁商店 (liánsuǒ shāngdiàn)
連鎖店 / 连锁店 (liánsuǒdiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
連	鎖
れん Grade: 4	さ Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
聯鎖鏈鎖

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 連鎖 / 连锁 (ljen swa^X, literally “connect in a row + chain”). Compare modern Mandarin reading liánsuǒ.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れんさ [réꜜǹsà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞ɰ̃sa̠]

Noun

連(れん)鎖(さ) • (rensa)

a chain; a connection of things to one another
genetic linkage

Synonyms

チェーン (chēn): chain

Verb

連(れん)鎖(さ)する • (rensa suru) intransitive suru (stem 連(れん)鎖(さ)し (rensa shi), past 連(れん)鎖(さ)した (rensa shita))

to be linked

Conjugation

Conjugation of "連鎖する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	連鎖し	れんさし	rensa shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	連鎖し	れんさし	rensa shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	連鎖する	れんさする	rensa suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	連鎖する	れんさする	rensa suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	連鎖すれ	れんさすれ	rensa sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	連鎖せよ¹ 連鎖しろ²	れんさせよ¹ れんさしろ²	rensa seyo¹ rensa shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	連鎖される	れんさされる	rensa sareru
Causative	連鎖させる連鎖さす	れんささせるれんささす	rensa saseru rensa sasu
Potential	連鎖できる	れんさできる	rensa dekiru
Volitional	連鎖しよう	れんさしよう	rensa shiyō
Negative	連鎖しない	れんさしない	rensa shinai
Negative continuative	連鎖せず	れんさせず	rensa sezu
Formal	連鎖します	れんさします	rensa shimasu
Perfective	連鎖した	れんさした	rensa shita
Conjunctive	連鎖して	れんさして	rensa shite
Hypothetical conditional	連鎖すれば	れんさすれば	rensa sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“連鎖”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN