煉丹
Chinese
| refine; smelt | red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (煉丹/鍊丹) | 煉/鍊 | 丹 | |
| simp. (炼丹) | 炼 | 丹 | |
| alternative forms | 練丹／练丹 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: liàndān
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liàndan
- Wade–Giles: lien4-tan1
- Yale: lyàn-dān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianndan
- Palladius: ляньдань (ljanʹdanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɛn⁵¹ tän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lin6 daan1
- Yale: lihn dāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: lin6 daan1
- Guangdong Romanization: lin6 dan1
- Sinological IPA (key): /liːn²² taːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liān-tan
- Tâi-lô: liān-tan
- Phofsit Daibuun: liexndafn
- IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²²⁻²¹ tan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn⁴¹⁻²² tan³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn²²⁻²¹ tan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /liɛn³³⁻¹¹ tan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn³³⁻²¹ tan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
煉丹
- (Taoism, historical) to concoct pills of immortality