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Traditional (Taiwan): 煉

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

liàn ㄌㄧㄢˋ

    • to refine
    • to smelt

Other words read liàn

In the same tone

  • 练 liàn practice
  • 链 liàn chain
  • 湅 liàn boil raw silk
  • 恋 liàn feel attached to
  • 楝 liàn Melia japonica

All 10 words read liàn

lian with other tones

  • 连 lián link
  • 脸 liǎn face
  • 联 lián unite
  • 莲 lián lotus
  • 濂 lián name of a river in Hunan

All 33 words read lian in any tone

How 炼 is written

    部首 radical
    火
    笔画 strokes
    9, with 5 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    火柬
    形旁 meaning
    火
    声旁 sound
    柬

    Words with 炼

    Starting with 炼

    • 炼制 liànzhì refine
    • 炼油 liànyóu refine crude oil
    • 炼丹 liàndān concoct pills of immortality
    • 炼钢 liàngāng make steel
    • 炼油厂 liànyóuchǎng oil refinery

    All 21 words starting with 炼

    Ending with 炼

    All 12 words ending with 炼

    Containing 炼

    • 百炼成钢 bǎiliànchénggāng be tempered into a steel
    • 百炼钢 bǎiliàngāng high-grade well-tempered steel
    • 冶炼炉 yěliànlú furnace for smelting metal
    • 精炼厂 jīngliànchǎng refinery

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