HSK 6 · Science

提炼 tíliàn “to refine” in Chinese

Traditional 提煉

What 提炼 means

  1. to refine
  2. to extract
  3. to extract (ore, minerals etc)
  4. to purify
  5. to process

How to say 提炼

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale提tí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale炼liàn4th tone, falling

提炼 in a sentence

  1. 油是从橄榄中提炼出来的。

    Yóu shì cóng gǎnlǎn zhōng tíliàn chūlai de.

    Oil is extracted from olives.

    Sentence #334997 from Tatoeba

How 提炼 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 提 (tí) with each of its parts in a different colour
提títo carry
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 是to be · shìSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 是 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tí.

The character 炼 (liàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
炼liànto refine
  • 火fire · huǒMeaning part
  • 柬card · jiǎnSound part

火 hints at the meaning (fire); 柬 (jiǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with liàn.

How to write 提炼

提 12 strokes · 炼 9 strokes

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

Words related to 提炼

Words with 提

提高tígāo · to raise提tí · to carry提醒tíxǐng · to remind提供tígōng · to offer提前tíqián · to bring forward提出tíchū · to put forward提问tíwèn · to question提倡tíchàng · to promote提纲tígāng · outline提示tíshì · to prompt

Words with 炼

锻炼duànliàn · to exercise

More words: Science & Technology

探测tàncè · to detect弹性tánxìng · elasticity天文tiānwén · astronomy体积tǐjī · volume统计tǒngjì · statistics椭圆tuǒyuán · oval微观wēiguān · microscopic卫星wèixīng · satellite

FAQs

提炼 (tíliàn) means “to refine” or “to extract”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tíliàn: tí with a 2nd tone, then liàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 提炼 is written 提煉. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tilian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 提炼 from the suggestions. Typing tilian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
提炼 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.