煎
HSK 7freq #5908
Meanings
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- 1.to pan fry
- 2.to sauté
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Wiktionary
- 1.to pan-fry
- 2.to simmer in water; to decoct
- 3.to smelt
- 4.to torment; to torture
- 5.Classifier for decoctions.
- 6.to boil (a liquid)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔslen, *ʔslens): phonetic 前 (OC *zleːn) + semantic 火 (“fire”).
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Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我每天至少用一次煎鍋。
I use a frying pan at least once a day.
汤姆甚至连怎么煎鸡蛋都不知道。
Tom doesn't even know how to fry an egg.
湯姆找不到鍋鏟了，只好用夾子為煎餅翻面。
Unable to find a spatula, Tom used tongs to flip the pancakes.
湯姆逐漸了解到，用又大又薄的鏟子翻煎餅或馬鈴薯餅效果最好。
Tom has come to know that a large, thin spatula works best for turning over pancakes or latkes.
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