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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 炼
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 炼 | liàn | - to refine - to smelt |
| 炼 | liàn | - variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain - variant of 煉|炼[lian4] |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 8 | 14,938 | 5,743 | 8,187 |
Other Words Containing 炼
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 锻炼 | 3 | 4 | 4,303 | 3,226 | 3,120 |
| 炼狱 | - | - | 12,347 | 38,228 | 32,202 |
| 炼 | - | 8 | 14,938 | 5,743 | 8,187 |
| 提炼 | 6 | 8 | 17,620 | 15,137 | 22,481 |
| 炼油厂 | - | - | 19,542 | 25,275 | 62,419 |
| 精炼 | - | - | 20,576 | 20,345 | 33,430 |
| 炼金术 | - | - | 24,471 | - | - |
| 修炼 | - | - | 28,045 | 7,762 | 8,268 |
| 磨炼 | - | - | 37,360 | 26,367 | 22,100 |
| 炼铁 | - | - | 38,699 | 31,692 | 84,423 |
| 炼钢 | - | - | 42,945 | 24,276 | 58,635 |
| 炼丹 | - | - | 54,682 | 33,045 | 49,628 |
| 炼乳 | - | - | 54,683 | 59,330 | 28,609 |
| 熔炼 | - | - | 55,836 | 38,030 | 102,103 |
| 冶炼 | - | - | 55,837 | 13,654 | 49,965 |
| 炼焦炉 | - | - | 73,380 | - | - |
| 炼油 | - | - | 80,476 | 18,186 | 35,391 |
| 炼化 | - | - | 81,783 | - | - |
| 炼制 | - | - | 81,804 | 21,781 | 67,112 |