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)

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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