Chinese word

连锁

Pronunciation

Pinyinlián suǒ

Meaning

  • verbbe linked

Example

这几起事件互相连锁，影响很大。zhè jí qǐ shì jiàn hù xiāng lián suǒ yíng xiǎng hěn dà

These incidents are linked to one another and have a major impact.

Illustration for 连锁 (be linked)

More examples

这场金融动荡在多家银行间连锁，引发了市场恐慌。zhè chǎng jīn róng dòng dàng zài duō jiā yín háng jiān lián suǒ yǐn fā le shì chǎng kǒng huāng

This financial turmoil spread among several banks, causing market panic.

Core concept

Events or effects connect in a chain, with one link leading to the next; the same pattern can organize businesses under one system.

Common phrases

  • 相互连锁xiāng hù lián suǒ

    be interlinked

  • 连锁经营lián suǒ jīng yíng

    operate a chain business

Similar words

引发yǐn fā: Sets off a chain of reactions or further results.
引起yín qǐ: Brings about attention, interest, change, or another response.
导致dǎo zhì: Brings a particular result or state about through a cause.
触发chù fā: Makes an action or reaction begin at once after a triggering event.

Definition in Chinese

指事件或影响通过因果或机制相互牵引，产生连锁反应或引发后续变化。zhǐ shì jiàn huò yíng xiǎng tōng guò yīn guǒ huò jī zhì xiāng hù qiān yǐn chǎn shēng lián suó fǎn yìng huò yǐn fā hòu xù biàn huà

Word origin

连 (lián, "connect") + 锁 (suǒ, "lock") presents links held together like a chain, giving the compound its sense of connected events, effects, or businesses.

Usage tips

  • For event talk, this word usually goes with a result or effect noun, which makes the step-by-step cause clearer than a general statement that things are connected.

Other meanings

  • chain storenoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 连锁店lián suǒ diànchain storenoun
  • 连锁经营lián suǒ jīng yíngoperate a chain businessverb
  • 连锁反应lián suó fǎn yìngchain reactionnoun

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