联系聯繫 liánxì — to contact, to get in touch with; contact, connection
liánxì (second tone, rising)lian2xi4
Traditional: 聯繫
to contact, to get in touch with; contact, connection
HSK 4· HSK 1–4 (classic)verbnoun
Meanings
to contact, to get in touch with; contact, connection
联, to link, and 系, to tie — the channel through which two sides reach each other, a phone call or an email away. It is not the bond itself: two old classmates keep 联系 without necessarily having a close 关系.
verb
Common combinations
- 联系方式liánxì (second tone, rising) fāngshì (first tone, high and level)
contact information, contact details
Example sentences
- 有事情可以随时跟我联系。有事情可以隨時跟我聯繫。Yǒu (third tone, dipping) shìqing (fourth tone, falling) kěyǐ (third tone, dipping) suíshí (second tone, rising) gēn (first tone, high and level) wǒ (third tone, dipping) liánxì. (second tone, rising)···
If anything comes up, feel free to contact me anytime.
- 我们已经三年没有联系了。我們已經三年沒有聯繫了。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) yǐjīng (third tone, dipping) sān (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) liánxì (second tone, rising) le. (neutral tone)···
We haven’t been in touch for three years now.
Common mistakes
Not quite我跟他的联系很好。
Correct我跟他的关系很好。
关系 is the bond between people — good, bad, close, distant. 联系 is the act or channel of getting in touch — a phone call, an email. You keep up 联系 with someone, but the friendship itself is a 关系.