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炼
煉
liàn
1. to refine
2. to smelt
Common • Top 6%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

炼
liàn
to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

熔炼
róngliàn
to smelt
炼乳
liànrǔ
to condense milk (by evaporation)
炼化
liànhuà
to refine
炼句
liànjù
to polish a phrase
炼奶
liànnǎi
condensed milk
炼字
liànzì
calligraphy practice
炼油
liànyóu
oil refinery
炼焦
liànjiāo
coking
炼狱
liànyù
purgatory
炼珍
liànzhēn
a delicacy (food)
炼钢
liàngāng
steelmaking
炼铁
liàntiě
smelting iron
修炼
xiūliàn
(of Taoists) to practice austerities
磨炼
móliàn
see [[磨練|磨练<móliàn>]]
简炼
jiǎnliàn
variant of [[簡練|简练<jiǎnliàn>]]
精炼
jīngliàn
to refine
试炼
shìliàn
to refine with fire
锻炼
duànliàn
to engage in physical exercise
HSK 3
冶炼
yěliàn
to smelt metal
凝炼
níngliàn
variant of [[凝練|凝练<níngliàn>]]

Alternate Entries

炼
liàn
variant of [[鏈|链<liàn>]], chain / variant of [[煉|炼<liàn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,762
Word Frequency Rank
5,156 of 84,292