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煎熬 (jiān áo): Torment (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order
HSK 3.0
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煎 • jiān • pan fry; fry in shallow oil • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
jiān
煎
pan fry; fry in shallow oil
熬 • áo • boil; stew • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
áo
熬
boil; stew
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Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 煎熬.
Words with
煎
煎饼
jiān bǐng
pancake
Words with
熬
熬夜
áo yè
to stay up late or all night
熬汤
áo tāng
simmer soup
熬粥
áo zhōu
cook porridge slowly
4.
How to Use 煎熬 in Sentences
Adjective + Noun
màn
漫
cháng
长
de
的
jiān
煎
áo
熬
neutral
long and drawn-out torment
tòng
痛
kǔ
苦
de
的
jiān
煎
áo
熬
Subject + Verb
with
内心
nèi
内
xīn
心
jiān
煎
áo
熬
Verb + Object
with
备受
bèi
备
shòu
受
jiān
煎
áo
熬
5.
Example Sentences with 煎熬
zài
在
děng
等
dài
待
shǒu
手
shù
术
jié
结
guǒ
果
neutral
painful torment
neutral
inner torment
formal
suffer torment
de
的
nà
那
jǐ
几
gè
个
xiǎo
小
shí
时
lǐ
里
，
tā
他
nèi
内
xīn
心
wú
无
bǐ
比
jiān
煎
áo
熬
。
During those few hours waiting for the surgical results, he was tormented with anxiety.
nán
难
dào
道
nǐ
你
bù
不
jué
觉
de
得
zhè
这
zhǒng
种
màn
漫
cháng
长
de
的
fēn
分
lí
离
shì
是
yì
一
zhǒng
种
jiān
煎
áo
熬
ma
吗
？
Don't you think this prolonged separation is a kind of torment?
tā
他
cóng
从
wèi
未
gǎn
感
dào
到
rú
如
cǐ
此
jiān
煎
áo
熬
，
yīn
因
wèi
为
zhè
这
cì
次
shī
失
bài
败
guān
关
hū
乎
zhěng
整
gè
个
tuán
团
duì
队
de
的
mìng
命
yùn
运
。
He had never felt such torment, as this failure concerned the fate of the entire team.
zài
在
gāo
高
wēn
温
xià
下
gōng
工
zuò
作
què
却
méi
没
yǒu
有
kōng
空
tiáo
调
，
zhè
这
jiǎn
简
zhí
直
shì
是
yì
一
zhǒng
种
fēi
非
rén
人
de
的
jiān
煎
áo
熬
。
Working in high temperatures without air conditioning is simply an inhuman torment.
kàn
看
zhe
着
xīn
心
ài
爱
de
的
rén
人
shòu
受
kǔ
苦
què
却
wú
无
néng
能
wéi
为
lì
力
，
zhè
这
zhǒng
种
jiān
煎
áo
熬
lìng
令
rén
人
nán
难
yǐ
以
chéng
承
shòu
受
。
Watching a loved one suffer helplessly is a torment that is hard to bear.
