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腌

yān · yan

Traditional 醃

Meaning

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yān 醃

  1. to salt
  2. to pickle
  3. to cure (meat)
  4. to marinate

yān 腌

  1. variant of 醃 / 腌 (yān)
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Grandma's pickles

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你家(nǐjiā)阳台(yángtái)上(shàng)是(shì)什么(shénme)？

    Liangliang, what is that on your balcony?

  2. Liangliang

    是(shì)我(wǒ)奶奶(nǎinai)腌(yān)的(de)黄瓜(huángguā)。

    It is cucumbers that my grandma pickled.

  3. Dengdeng

    要(yào)腌(yān)多久(duōjiǔ)才(cái)能(néng)吃(chī)？

    How long must they pickle before we can eat them?

  4. Liangliang

    腌(yān)三天(sāntiān)就(jiù)好(hǎo)，可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)偷吃(tōuchī)了(le)两根(liǎnggēn)。

    Three days of pickling is enough, but I already stole two.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)也(yě)想(xiǎng)吃(chī)，快(kuài)给(gěi)我(wǒ)一根(yīgēn)！

    I want some too. Give me one quickly!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

妈(mā)妈(ma)用(yòng)盐(yán)腌(yān)了(le)一(yì)些(xiē)黄(huáng)瓜(guā)。

Mom salted some cucumbers.

02

腌(yān)肉(ròu)需(xū)要(yào)放(fàng)很(hěn)多(duō)盐(yán)和(hé)香(xiāng)料(liào)。

Curing meat requires a lot of salt and spices.

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