Chinese symbol for “couplet”
楹联
yíng lián
Traditional: 楹聯
couplet (hung on the columns of a hall)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for couplet is 楹联 (yíng lián), defined as: couplet (hung on the columns of a hall).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “couplet”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 门联 (門聯) | mén lián | couplet (hung on each side of the door frame) |
| 对句 (對句) | duì jù | couplet |
| 门对 (門對) | mén duì | couplet (hung on each side of the door frame) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 楹联.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雕楹碧槛 (雕楹碧檻) | diāo yíng bì kǎn | carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment |
| 联系 (聯係) | lián xì | variant of 联系 (lián xì) |
| 联合 (聯合) | lián hé | to combine; to join |
| 联盟 (聯盟) | lián méng | alliance; union |
| 联邦 (聯邦) | lián bāng | federal; federation |
| 联络 (聯絡) | lián luò | to get in touch with; to contact |
See also: Japanese symbol for “couplet”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.