醃 (jip3 jim1 | yan1) : marinate; irritating

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醃

jip3 jim1

yan1

[普] yan1; [粵] jim1/jip3
[v] marinate; preserve; pickle; salt

[粵] jip3
[adj] irritating; corrosive

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 酉 (#164)

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

醃 / 腌

This word has been viewed 4658 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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醃肉 jip3/jim1 juk6 yan1 rou4 = bacon, preserved meat

醃料 jip3 liu6*2 = marinade

醃泡 jip3 /jim1 paau3 yan1 pao4 = pickling

醃漬法 jip3 /jim1 zi3 faat3 yan1 zi4 fa3 = pickling

醃製 jip3/jim1 zai3 yan1 zhi4 = pickling

鹽醃 jim4 jip3/jim1 yan2 yan1 = salting

醃鹹魚 jip3 haam4 jyu4*2 = salted fish; sweat profusely 粵

醃眼 jip3 ngaan5 = irritate one's eyes 粵

醃蝦醬 jip3/jim1 haa1 zoeng3 = shrimp paste

醃菜 jip3 coi3 yan1 cai4 = pickles

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 醃
Unicode code for this character: U+9183 (off-site link)

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