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炼 - liàn

smelt, refine; distill, condense

smelt, refine; distill, condense

How to read 炼

Click 炼 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinliàn
Englishsmelt, refine; distill, condense
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

炼丹 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 炼乳. Please read 炼化 one more time.

Common words with this character

to concoct pills of immortality
to condense milk; condensed milk
to refine; refining
to polish a phrase

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 炼 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 炼丹 and 炼乳 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 炼.