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煎

jiān

HSK 5 Character

What 煎 means

1. to pan fry
2. to sauté

Example sentences

• 他们的煎熬过了。
  Their ordeal is over.
• 我们早餐做了煎饼。
  Wǒmen zǎocān zuò le jiānbǐng.
  We made pancakes for breakfast.
• 我去用锅煎一个蛋。
  Wǒ qù yòng guō jiān yī gè dàn.
  I am going to fry an egg in a pan.
• 他们的工作是煎土豆。
  Tāmen de gōngzuò shì jiān tǔdòu.
  Their job is to fry the potatoes.
• 我每天至少用一次煎锅。
  I use a frying pan at least once a day.
• 我把蔬菜在煎锅里糖渍。
  I candy the vegetables in the frying pan.

Words starting with 煎

• 煎熬jiān áoto suffer; to torture; to torment
• 煎饼jiān bǐngjianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake
• 煎炒jiān chǎoto lightly fry
• 煎炸jiān zháto fry
• 煎蛋jiān dànfried egg
• 煎锅jiān guōfrying pan
• 煎炸油jiān zhá yóufrying oil
• 煎蛋卷jiān dàn juǎnomelet
• 煎炸食品jiān zhá shí pǐnfried food
• 煎牛扒jiān niú bābeef steak
• 煎猪扒jiān zhū bāpork steak
• 煎饺jiān jiǎofried dumpling

Words containing 煎

• 生煎shēng jiānshengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
• 水煎包shuǐ jiān bāopan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable…
• 生煎包shēng jiān bāopan-fried dumpling
• 滚油煎心gǔn yóu jiān xīnto suffer mental anguish (idiom)
• 熬煎áo jiānsuffering; torture
• 焙煎bèi jiānto dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc); to torrefy
• 峇拉煎bā lā jiān(loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
• 蚵仔煎é zǐ jiān(Taiwan) oyster omelette (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á-tsian])

Characters built on 前

These share the phonetic component 前 (qián), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 剪jiǎn(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out…
• 箭jiànarrow
• 翦Jiǎnsurname Jian
• 湔jiānto wash; to redress (a wrong); name of a river

Characters that look like 煎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 策cèpolicy; plan; scheme
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 截jiéto cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept
• 蔑mièto belittle; nothing
• 凿záo(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic…
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff

Sounds the same

Read jiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 间between; among; within a definite time or space
• 坚strong; solid; firm
• 兼double; twice; simultaneous
• 艰difficult; hard; hardship
• 肩shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 监to supervise; to inspect; jail
• 尖pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 奸wicked; crafty; traitor
• 渐to imbue
• 笺letter; note-paper
• 歼to annihilate; abbr. for 歼击机
• 浅sound of moving water