提炼
Old HSK 6
提炼 (tíliàn) · to refine
提炼 (tíliàn) means “to refine; to extract”. It is written with 2 characters: 提 (to carry) + 炼 (to smelt). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 提炼 is built
The characters
提 tí · to carry
What 提 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 是shì — to be
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 疋pǐ — foot shape
- 日rì — sun; day
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 是 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
炼 liàn · to smelt
What 炼 is made of
- 火huǒ — fire
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 人rén — person
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 柬jiǎn — card
Origin hint: 火 gives the meaning, 柬 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这种油是从植物中提炼的。Zhèzhǒng yóu shì cóng zhíwù zhōng tíliàn de.This oil is extracted from plants.
作家从生活中提炼故事。Zuòjiā cóng shēnghuó zhōng tíliàn gùshì.Writers draw their stories from life.
Questions about 提炼
What does 提炼 mean?
提炼 (tíliàn) means “to refine; to extract”.
How do you pronounce 提炼?
提炼 is pronounced tíliàn.
Which HSK level is 提炼?
提炼 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 提出tíchūto put forward
- 提到tídàoto mention
- 提高tígāoto raise
- 提前tíqiánin advance
- 提问tíwènto ask a question
- 提供tígōngto provide
- 提醒tíxǐngto remind
- 提倡tíchàngto promote
- 提纲tígāngoutline
- 前提qiántíprecondition
Learn 提炼 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 177: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.