"炼" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 炼
炼
- Traditional
- 鍊
- Radical
- 火 (4 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 9
- Structure
- gauche et droite
- Cangjie
- FKVC 火大女金
- Sijiao
- 0958.9
- Wubi
- OANW
- GB 2312
- C1B6
- Unicode
- U+70BC
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 炼 鍊 | variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4] | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 炼狱 煉獄 | purgatory | syn | |
| 炼油 煉油 | oil refinery | ||
| 炼制 煉制 | (chemistry) to refine | syn | |
| 炼丹 煉丹 | to concoct pills of immortality | syn | |
| 炼钢 煉鋼 | to make steel / steelmaking | ||
| 炼焦 煉焦 | coking / the process of producing coke from coal | ||
| 炼铁 煉鐵 | smelting iron | ||
| 炼乳 煉乳 | to condense milk (by evaporation) / condensed milk | ||
| 炼化 煉化 | to refine / refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc) | syn | |
| 炼句 煉句 | to polish a phrase | ||
| 炼奶 煉奶 | condensed milk | ||
| 炼珍 煉珍 | a delicacy (food) | ||
| 炼字 煉字 | to craft one's words | ||
| 炼油厂 煉油廠 | oil refinery | ||
| 炼钢厂 煉鋼廠 | steel mill | ||
| 炼铁厂 煉鐵廠 | iron foundry | ||
| 炼金术 煉金術 | alchemy | ||
| 炼焦炉 煉焦爐 | coking furnace | ||
| 炼丹术 煉丹術 | maker of immortality pill / concocting magic pills | ||
| 炼糖厂 | refinery | ||
| 炼金术士 煉金術士 | alchemist | ||
| 炼之未定 煉之未定 | to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 锻炼 鍛煉 | to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself | syn | |
| 修炼 修煉 | (of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism | ||
| 提炼 提煉 | to extract (ore, minerals etc) / to refine / to purify / to process | syn | |
| 冶炼 冶煉 | to smelt metal | syn | |
| 精炼 精煉 | to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable | syn | |
| 磨炼 磨煉 | variant of 磨練|磨练[mo2lian4] | syn | |
| 熔炼 熔煉 | to smelt | syn | |
| 煅炼 煅煉 | to forge / to toughen / to temper | ||
| 简炼 簡煉 | variant of 簡練|简练[jian3 lian4] | ||
| 凝炼 凝煉 | variant of 凝練|凝练[ning2 lian4] | syn | |
| 炮炼 炮煉 | to parch and refine medicinal herbs | ||
| 试炼 試煉 | to refine with fire | ||
| 项炼 項鍊 | necklace | ||
| 洗炼 洗煉 | variant of 洗練|洗练[xi3 lian4] | syn | |
| 熔炼法 熔煉法 | smelting process | ||
| 百炼钢 百煉鋼 | high-grade well-tempered steel | ||
| 精炼厂 精煉廠 | refinery (of oil etc) | ||
| 冶炼炉 冶煉爐 | a furnace for smelting metal | ||
| 体育锻炼 體育鍛煉 | physical exercise | ||
| 千锤百炼 千錘百鍊 | after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life | syn | |
| 百炼成钢 百煉成鋼 | to be tempered into a steel | syn | |
| 精炼设备 | refinery | ||
| 修炼成仙 修煉成仙 | lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect |