| 廉 | [ lián ] surname Lian |
| 廉 | [ lián ] incorruptible, honest, inexpensive, to investigate (old), side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) |
| 廉俸 | [ lián fèng ] extra allowances paid to government officials in the Qing dynasty |
| 廉價 | [ lián jià ] cheaply-priced, low-cost |
| 廉恥 | [ lián chǐ ] honor and shame, sense of honor |
| 廉政 | [ lián zhèng ] honest or clean politics |
| 廉政公署 | [ lián zhèng gōng shǔ ] Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong (ICAC) |
| 廉正 | [ lián zhèng ] upright and honest, integrity |
| 廉江 | [ lián jiāng ] Lianjiang county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong |
| 廉江市 | [ lián jiāng shì ] Lianjiang county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong |
| 廉潔 | [ lián jié ] honest, not coercive, honesty, integrity, incorruptible |
| 廉直 | [ lián zhí ] upright and honest, incorruptible, squeaky clean |
| 廉租房 | [ lián zū fáng ] low-rent housing |
| 廉署 | [ lián shǔ ] ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong |
| 廉頗 | [ lián pō ] Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国 |
| ⇒ 低廉 | [ dī lián ] cheap, inexpensive, low |
| ⇒ 價廉物美 | [ jià lián wù meǐ ] inexpensive and of good quality (idiom) |
| ⇒ 儉以養廉 | [ jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián ] frugality makes honesty (idiom) |
| ⇒ 勤政廉政 | [ qín zhèng lián zhèng ] honest and industrious government functionaries (idiom) |
| ⇒ 反腐倡廉 | [ fǎn fǔ chàng lián ] to fight corruption and advocate probity |
| ⇒ 姚思廉 | [ yaó sī lián ] Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of 梁書|梁书[Liang2 shu1] and 陳書|陈书[Chen2 shu1] |
| ⇒ 威廉 | [ weī lián ] William or Wilhelm (name) |
| ⇒ 威廉b7福克納 | [ weī lián fú kè nà ] William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet |
| ⇒ 威廉b7莎士比亞 | [ weī lián shā shì bǐ yà ] William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright |
| ⇒ 威廉斯堡 | [ weī lián sī baǒ ] Williamsburg, Virginia |
| ⇒ 孝廉 | [ lián ] xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing, successful second degree candidate |
| ⇒ 清廉 | [ qīng lián ] honest, uncorrupted |
| ⇒ 清正廉明 | [ qīng zhèng lián míng ] upright and honest |
| ⇒ 物美價廉 | [ wù meǐ jià lián ] good quality and cheap, a bargain |
| ⇒ 禮義廉恥 | [ lǐ yì lián chǐ ] sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2]) |
| ⇒ 養廉 | [ yǎng lián ] to encourage honesty, to discourage corruption |
| ⇒ 高薪養廉 | [ gaō xīn yǎng lián ] policy of high pay to discourage corruption |