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碾

niǎn

Character

What 碾 means

1. stone roller
2. roller and millstone
3. to grind
4. to crush
5. to husk

Example sentences

• 我要去碾米。
  I am going to husk rice.
• 一条狗被卡车碾过。
  Yī tiáo gǒu bèi kǎchē niǎnguò.
  A dog was run over by a truck.

Words starting with 碾

• 碾坊niǎn fánggrain mill
• 碾场niǎn chángto thresh or husk grain on a threshing ground (dialect)
• 碾压niǎn yāto crush or compact (with a roller); to run over (with a vehicle); (fig.) to trounce…
• 碾子niǎn ziroller (used for milling or crushing)
• 碾盘niǎn pánmillstone
• 碾碎niǎn suìto pulverize; to crush
• 碾磨niǎn móto mill; to grind; grinding stone
• 碾过niǎn guòto crush sth by running over it
• 碾米机niǎn mǐ jīrice milling machine
• 碾子山区Niǎn zi shān QūNianzishan, a district of Qiqihar City 齐齐哈尔市
• 碾槌niǎn chuípestle
• 碾砣niǎn tuóroller
• 碾轧niǎn yàsee 碾压
• 碾子山Niǎn zi shānsee 碾子山区

Words containing 碾

• 水碾shuǐ niǎnwater mill
• 汽碾qì niǎnsteamroller

Characters that look like 碾

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

• 耦ǒua pair; a mate; a couple
• 镉gécadmium (chemistry)
• 辗zhǎnused in 辗转
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 锺zhōngnonstandard simplified variant of 钟
• 褊biǎnnarrow; urgent

Sounds the same

Read niǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 捻to twirl (in the fingers)
• 撵to expel; to oust; (dialect) to chase after
• 辇(archaic) man-drawn carriage; an imperial carriage; to transport by carriage
• 淰calm water
• 撚to play tricks on or toy with; delicate; exquisite (Cantonese)
• 涊muddy water
• 辗variant of 碾