炼
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9Traditional: 煉
In Mandarin Chinese, 炼 (liàn) means “to refine; to smelt”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.
Meaning
- to refine
- to smelt
Stroke order
Examples
- 工人们正在炉边炼钢。Workers are smelting steel by the furnace.