試煉

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	refine; smelt
trad. (試煉)		試	煉
simp. (试炼)		试	炼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ lin⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-lien / sṳ-lien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-liān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhliàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-lien⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhliann
    • Palladius: шилянь (šiljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ lin⁶
    • Yale: si lihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ lin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ lin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ liːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-lien / sṳ-lien
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii lien / sii lien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ lian⁴ / si⁴ lian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ li̯en⁵⁵/, /sɨ⁵⁵ li̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-liān
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-liān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chielien
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ liɛn³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²²/

Verb

試煉

1. to put to the test; to put in a trial

   • 試煉中祂的恩典夠額扶持咱 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     试炼中祂的恩典够额扶持咱 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 有情天音樂, 耶和華的心

     chhì-liān tiong I ê un-tián kàu-gia̍h hû-chhî lán [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     In trials, His grace is enough to support us

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (試煉):

• → Japanese: 試(し)練(れん) (shiren)