煎 (zin1) — fry in shallow oil; pan-fry in Cantonese
zinˉ¹煎Mandarin Pinyin: jian1
Meaning of 煎
nounfry in shallow oil; pan-fry
nounsimmer in water; decoct
noundecoction (of herbal medicine)
nountorment; torture; suffer
Example Sentences with 煎
zinˉ¹煎jeˏ₅嘢jungˍ₆用saangˉ¹生jau4.油。
Fry things with cooking oil.
ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想sikˍ₆食zinˉ¹煎gaau2.餃。
I want to eat pan-fried dumplings.
keoiˏ₅佢zinˉ¹煎gaauˊ²餃zinˉ¹煎dakˉ¹得geiˊ²幾hou2.好。
He/She pan-fries dumplings quite well.
gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日ngˏ₅午caanˉ¹餐sikˍ₆食zinˉ¹煎gaau2.餃。
Lunch today is pan-fried dumplings.
ukˉ¹屋keiˊ²企jauˏ₅有mouˏ₅冇zinˉ¹煎gaau2?餃？
Are there any pan-fried dumplings at home?
Words Containing 煎
煎熬zin1 ngou4
suffering; torment; torture
煎釀青椒zin1 joeng6 ceng1 ziu1
fried stuffed green pepper
潮州煎蠔烙ciu4 zau1 zin1 hou4 lok3
Chaozhou style fried eggs with oysters
煎芋頭糕zin1 wu6 tau2 gou1
fried taro cake
煎蘿蔔糕zin1 lo4 baak6 gou1
fried Chinese radish cake
煎堆zin1 deoi1
deep-fried rice ball with peanuts inside (Chee Cho)
蚵仔煎ho4 zai2 zin1
oyster omelettes
煎餃zin1 gaau2
fried dumpling
鹹煎餅haam4 zin1 beng2
a kind of cake, consisting mainly of fried dough, with salt and a little sugar added. Sometimes jocularly used to describe something or someone whose physical appearance is similar to this product
煎魚zin1 jyu2
to pan-fry a fish; pan-fried fish
焙煎bui6 zin1
to dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc); to torrefy
煎鍋zin1 wo1
frying pan, skillet
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