煎 jiān to pan-fry

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 煎 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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To pan-fry, in Chinese, is中煎。

Picture a friend holding an egg beside a hot pan, asking how to cook it. You'd say you want to pan-fry it. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

煎 is written in 13 strokes.

煎 — the Chinese character for to pan-fry (jiān), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 煎 — to pan-fry

Senses

to pan fry
to sauté

Related words

Where 煎 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Food and drink Practise

煎 is pronounced jiān and means “to pan-fry”.