煎

jiān

fry in fat or oil; boil in water

How to write 煎, stroke by stroke

to pan fry; to sauté

Pictophonetic: semantic 灬 (fire), phonetic 前

Made of 前 + 灬

煎饼jiān bǐngjianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake
煎熬jiān áoto suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment
煎蛋jiān dànfried egg
煎蛋卷jiān dàn juǎnomelet
煎锅jiān guōfrying pan
水煎包shuǐ jiān bāopan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling
煎炒jiān chǎoto lightly fry
煎炸jiān zháto fry
煎炸油jiān zhá yóufrying oil
熬煎áo jiānsuffering; torture
生煎shēng jiānshengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
生煎包shēng jiān bāopan-fried dumpling

他们的煎熬过了。
tā men de jiān áo guò le 。
Their ordeal is over.
我们早餐做了煎饼。
wǒ men zǎo cān zuò le jiān bǐng 。
We made pancakes for breakfast.
我每天至少用一次煎锅。
wǒ měi tiān zhì shǎo yòng yí cì jiān guō 。
I use a frying pan at least once a day.
桌子上放著一个盘子，上面放著三颗煎蛋。
zhuō zi shàng fàng zhù yí gè pán zi ， shàng miàn fàng zhù sān kē jiān dàn 。
On the table, there was a plate with three fried eggs on it.
这些鸡蛋坏掉了，不能拿来煎。
zhè xiē jī dàn huài diào le ， bù néng ná lái jiān 。
I cannot fry these eggs. They are rotten.