HSK 6 · Food

煎 jiān “to pan-fry” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 煎 means

  1. to pan-fry
  2. to fry
  3. to pan fry
  4. to sauté

How to say 煎

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale煎jiān1st tone, high and level

煎 in a sentence

  1. 他们的工作是煎土豆。

    Tāmen de gōngzuò shì jiān tǔdòu.

    Their job is frying potatoes.

    Sentence #7771921 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我去用锅煎一个蛋。

    Wǒ qù yòng guō jiān yí ge dàn.

    I’m going to fry an egg in the pan.

    Sentence #6959618 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 这些鸡蛋坏掉了，不能拿来煎。

    Zhèxiē jīdàn huàidiào le, bùnéng nálái jiān.

    These eggs have gone off, so I can’t fry them.

    Sentence #1866580 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 煎 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 煎 (jiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
煎jiānto pan fry
  • 前in front · qiánSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 前 (qián) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiān.

How to write 煎

煎 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

煎 (jiān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 煎 (jiān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 煎

More words: Food & Dining

风味fēngwèi · local flavour烘hōng · to bake荤hūn · meat dish家常jiācháng · home-style搅拌jiǎobàn · to stir佳肴jiāyáo · fine dish咀嚼jǔjué · to chew可口kěkǒu · tasty

FAQs

煎 (jiān) means “to pan-fry” or “to fry”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiān: jiān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 煎 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 煎 from the suggestions. Typing jian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
煎 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.