精練

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	to practise; to train; to perfect (one's skill) to practise; to train; to perfect (one's skill); to drill
trad. (精練)		精	練
simp. (精练)		精	练
alternative forms		精煉／精鍊／精炼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ lin⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chîn-lien
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ liang⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingliàn
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-lien⁴
    • Yale: jīng-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingliann
    • Palladius: цзинлянь (czinljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 精煉／精炼 精練／精练

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ lin⁶
    • Yale: jīng lihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ lin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ lin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ liːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn-lien
    • Hakka Romanization System: jin´ lien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jin¹ lian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sin²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ liang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng liāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ liaŋ¹¹/

Adjective

精練

1. concise; succinct; terse
2. (of an army) well-trained; capable

Synonyms

• (concise):

• 扼要 (èyào)
• 概括 (gàikuò)
• 簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 簡明／简明 (jiǎnmíng)
• 簡潔／简洁 (jiǎnjié)
• 簡練／简练 (jiǎnliàn)
• 簡要／简要 (jiǎnyào)
• 精簡／精简 (jīngjiǎn)
• 精粹 (jīngcuì)

 

Verb

精練

1. to remove natural impurities (during printing and dyeing) to improve water absorption