煉 (lin6 | lian4) : smelt; polish; temper

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煉

lin6

lian4

[1] smelt; refine; distill; condense (milk)
[2] polish the wording; weigh one's word
[3] temper; test; train (one's will, etc)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

煉 / 炼

This word has been viewed 4777 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Feb 2011 04:09

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鍛煉 dyun3 lin6 duan4 lian4 = take exercise

冶煉 je5 lin6 ye3 lian4 = to smelt (metals)

提煉 tai4 lin6 ti2 lian4 = to extract; to process; to refine; to purify

抽煉 cau1 lin6 chou1 lian4 = to abstract

煉丹 lin6 daan1 = alchemy

煉奶 lin6 naai5 = condensed milk

煉獄 lin6 juk6 lian4 yu4 = a purgatory; Purgatory

煉糖 lin6 tong4 = to refine sugar

煉糖廠 lin6 tong4 cong2 = a sugar refinery

煉鋼廠 lin6 gong3 cong2 = a steel mill
See all 14 compounds (CantoDict reports 13 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing 1 example containing 煉

豈但年青人愛好運動，就連上了年紀的人也積極鍛煉身體。
Not only are the young keen in sports, even the elderly are enthusiastic about physical training.

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Decimal representation of this word: 煉
Unicode code for this character: U+7149 (off-site link)

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