煎熬

Chinese edit

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 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiān'áo

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹ ngou⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chian-gô / chian-ngâu / chian-gô͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziang¹ ngao⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiān'áo
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄠˊ
  - 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/

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/
Bernard 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 edit

煎熬

(literary, literally) to fry and boil; to cook by boiling
(literary) to produce (something) by prolonged heating; to decoct; to smelt; to refine; to manufacture
(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 edit

(to torment):

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)