# 煎熬
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiān'áo
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zin$^1$ ngou$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chian-gô / chian-ngâu / chian-gô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang$^1$ ngao$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān'áo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian-áo
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$-ao$^2$
*** Yale: jyān-áu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianaur
*** Palladius: цзяньао (czjanʹao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zin$^1$ ngou$^4$
*** Yale: jīn ngòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzin$^1$ ngou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jin$^1$ ngou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: ziang$^1$ ngao$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiang ngâu
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | zin$^1$ | ngou$^4$ |
* 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

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
    From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd 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.
    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

* (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)