Pinyin: lián

even; continuously

Example sentence

他忙得连饭都没吃。

Tā máng de lián fàn dōu méi chī.

He was so busy he didn't even eat.

What 连 means

(lián) is an Chinese word meaning “even; continuously”. It belongs to the Grammar Words topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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