Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- lián
English
- lotus, water lily
- lotus
- paradise
- lotus
粵語
- 蓮花
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 蓮
- 蓮花lin4 faa1
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)
- 蓮子lin4 zi2
lotus seed
- 蓮霧lin4 mou6
wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit)
- 蓮藕lin4 ngau5
lotus root
- 鐵蓮花tit3 lin4 faa1
brass knuckles
- 蓮花杯lin4 faa1 bui1
ice cream in cup
- 紅蓮hung4 lin4
red lotus
- 老蓮lou5 lin2
to express how extreme or exaggerated a thing is
- 蓮臺lin4 toi4
lotus seat
- 坐蓮co5 lin4
the sexual position where the woman is sitting on top of the man [colloquial]
- 蓮蓬lin4 fung4
lotus seed head
- 榴蓮lau4 lin4
durian fruit
- 蓮子蓉lin4 zi2 jung4
a very sweet smile [colloquial]
- 蓮蓉包lin4 jung4 baau1
lotus seed bun
- 花蓮faa1 lin4
Hualien, city and county on the east coast of Taiwan
- 蓮花白lin4 faa1 baak6
(dialect) cabbage
- 觀音坐蓮gun1 jam1 co5 lin4
a sexual position with the woman sitting on top the man [written and colloquial]
- 蓮都lin4 dou1
see 蓮都區|莲都区[Lian2 du1 Qu1]
- 蓮位lin4 wai2
- 阿蓮aa3 lin4
see 阿蓮區|阿莲区[A1 lian2 Qu1]
- 白蓮baak6 lin4
white lotus (flower)
- 五蓮ng5 lin4
see 五蓮縣|五莲县[Wu3 lian2 Xian4]
- 蓮步lin4 bou6
(literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses); elegant gait of a woman
- 蓮湖lin4 wu4
see 蓮湖區|莲湖区[Lian2 hu2 Qu1]