Character

廉

lián HSK 7

廉 lián HSK 7

1. upright and honest; incorruptible
2. low-priced; cheap
3. a surname

Words using 廉 as lián (4)

1 廉价 lián jià — cheap HSK 7
- 廉 inexpensive, low-cost
- 价 price, cost
Example

这些廉价商品质量不好。

zhè xiē lián jià shāng pǐn zhì liàng bù hǎo

These cheap goods are of poor quality.
2 廉正 lián zhèng — honest and upright HSK 7
- 廉 incorruptible, clean, honest
- 正 upright, righteous, just
Example

他是一位廉正的官员。

tā shì yí wèi lián zhèng de guān yuán

He is an honest and upright official.
3 廉洁 lián jié — honest and upright HSK 7
- 廉 honest, upright, incorruptible
- 洁 clean, pure, unstained
Example

他是一位廉洁的官员。

tā shì yí wèi lián jié de guān yuán

He is an honest and upright official.
4 物美价廉 wù měi jià lián — good quality and low price HSK 7
- 物 goods, products (the items being sold)
- 美 good, excellent (quality)
- 价 price
- 廉 cheap, low, inexpensive
Example

这家超市的商品物美价廉，很受欢迎。

zhè jiā chāo shì de shāng pǐn wù měi jià lián hěn shòu huān yíng

The products at this supermarket are of good quality and low price, so it's very popular.

Structure & writing

廉 lián — upright and honest; incorruptible

廉 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

1 广 guǎng — wide; broad (opposite of 狭)

广 is a component in 31 characters

HSK 1

床 chuáng bed (furniture for sleeping) 店 diàn shop; store

HSK 3

应 yìng to reply; to answer 康 kāng healthy 矿 kuàng mineral resources

HSK 4

庆 qìng to congratulate; to celebrate 序 xù order; sequence 底 dǐ the bottom part (～子, ～儿) 度 dù instrument or unit for measuring length 座 zuò seat; honorific term for a high-ranking official in former times

Show more HSK 4 characters (+2)

庭 tíng hall; main room of a house 麻 má herbaceous plant of the hemp family (e.g. cannabis, ramie, abutilon, flax); stem-bark fiber used to make rope and cloth

HSK 5

席 xí mat woven from reed, bamboo, or grass strips, used to cover a bed, floor, or build a shelter 库 kù storehouse; warehouse; storage facility 府 fǔ government office; organ of state power 扩 kuò to expand, enlarge; to increase in scope, scale, or quantity 腐 fǔ to rot; to decay

HSK 6

庄 zhuāng village; rural settlement 庞 páng large (in size or quantity) 廊 láng covered corridor or passageway under eaves

HSK 7

唐 táng boastful; exaggerated (in speech) 庇 bì to shelter, to shield 庙 miào ancestral shrine (where ancestral tablets are enshrined) 废 fèi to discontinue; to stop using 庸 yōng ordinary; mediocre

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廉 lián upright and honest; incorruptible 廓 kuò outer edge or contour of an object 旷 kuàng empty and vast; open and spacious 缠 chán to wind around, to wrap around 遮 zhē to block from view; to obscure 鹰 yīng hawk; eagle (a bird of prey with hooked beak, short neck, feathered legs, and sharp talons)

2 兼 jiān — doubled; combining two portions into one

兼 is a component in 5 characters

HSK 4

歉 qiàn poor harvest (opposite of 丰) 赚 zhuàn to make a profit in trade (opposite of 赔)

HSK 6

嫌 xián suspicion; grounds for suspicion 谦 qiān humble, modest

HSK 7

廉 lián upright and honest; incorruptible

Stroke order