character
sign hung in front of a tavern's entrance
Definitions (Unihan)
flag-sign of a tavern
Cangjie Input
JCLB
帘 [-]
Jyutping Pinyin
lián
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
flag used as a shop sign
variant of 簾|帘[lian2]
Examples (Wiktionary)
Cantonese
将窗帘拉落嚟
将窗帘拉落嚟
zoeng1 coeng1 lim4 laai1 lok6 lai4
pull down window blinds
Mandarin
东南形胜,三吴都会,钱塘自古繁华。烟柳画桥,风帘翠幕,参差十万人家。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: Watching the Tidal Bore 望海潮, by Liu Yong 柳永, Northern Song Dynasty; Translated by Xu Yuanchong 许渊冲Dōngnán xíngshèng, sānwú dōuhuì, qiántáng zìgǔ fánhuá. Yānliǔ huà qiáo, fēnglián cuì mù, cānchā shíwàn rénjiā. [Pinyin]Scenic splendor southeast of River BlueAnd capital of ancient Kindom Wu,Qiantang's as flourishing as e'er.
东南形胜,三吴都会,钱塘自古繁华。烟柳画桥,风帘翠幕,参差十万人家。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: Watching the Tidal Bore 望海潮, by Liu Yong 柳永, Northern Song Dynasty; Translated by Xu Yuanchong 许渊冲Dōngnán xíngshèng, sānwú dōuhuì, qiántáng zìgǔ fánhuá. Yānliǔ huà qiáo, fēnglián cuì mù, cānchā shíwàn rénjiā. [Pinyin]Scenic splendor southeast of River BlueAnd capital of ancient Kindom Wu,Qiantang's as flourishing as e'er.
The smokelike willows from a windproof screen ;
Adorned with painted birdges and curtains green, A hundred thousand houses spread out here and there.