煎熬

Chinese

FWOTD – 16 March 2018

		pan-fry	endure; to boil; stew endure; to boil; stew; to simmer
trad. (煎熬)		煎	熬
simp. #(煎熬)		煎	熬
alternative forms		煎敖
anagram		熬煎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān'áo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹ ngou⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chian-gô / chian-ngâu / chian-gô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang¹ ngao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiān'áo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian-áo
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-ao²
    • Yale: jyān-áu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianaur
    • Palladius: цзяньао (czjanʹao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin¹ ngou⁴
    • Yale: jīn ngòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹ ngou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹ ngou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵ ŋou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chian-gô
    • Tâi-lô: tsian-gô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien'gooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn³³ ɡo²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chian-ngâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsian-ngâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienngaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋãu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋãu²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ŋãu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ŋãu¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chian-gô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsian-gôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien'goo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn³³ ɡɔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziang¹ ngao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiang ngâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ³³⁻²³ ŋau⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjen ngaw

Rime
Character	煎	熬
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	子仙切	五勞切
Baxter	tsjen	ngaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇn/	/ŋɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛn/	/ŋɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæn/	/ŋɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sian/	/ŋaw/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛn/	/ŋɑu/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛn/	/ŋɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛn/	/ŋɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān	áo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin1	ngou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslen  ŋaːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	煎	熬
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	10241	38
Phonetic component	前	敖
Rime group	元	宵
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	煎	敖
Old Chinese	/*ʔslen/	/*ŋaːw/

Verb

煎熬

1. (literary, literally) to fry and boil; to cook by boiling
2. (literary) to produce (something) by prolonged heating; to decoct; to smelt; to refine; to manufacture
3. (figurative) to torment; to inflict mental suffering (on someone); (of one's heart) to be deeply worried; to be in great distress

   • 我心兮煎熬，惟是兮用憂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我心兮煎熬，惟是兮用忧。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Wǒ xīn xī jiān'áo, wéi shì xī yòng yōu. [Pinyin]

     My heart within is scorched and burning,
     For the grief it gives me to think of this.

   • 我親愛的　這樣浪漫的煎熬　不是想要就能要　別炫耀 [MSC, trad.]
     我亲爱的　这样浪漫的煎熬　不是想要就能要　别炫耀 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2014, 陳奕迅 (lyrics 林夕), 《你給我聽好》

     wǒ qīn'àide, zhèyàng làngmàn de jiān'áo, bùshì xiǎng yào jiù néng yào, bié xuànyào [Pinyin]

     My darling,
     This romantic torment,
     Isn't something you can have when you want it;
     Do not take it for granted.

Synonyms

• (to torment):

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• 折磨 (zhémó)
• 折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
• 揉搓 (róucuō) (dialectal)
• 揉磨 (róumó) (dialectal)
• 擺治／摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
• 熬煎 (áojiān)