Chinese word dictionary

峇拉煎

bā lā jiān · (loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified峇拉煎

Traditional峇拉煎

Pinyinbā lā jiān

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

峇bā

cave, cavern

拉lā

to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

煎jiān

to fry in fat or oil; to boil in water

How to learn 峇拉煎

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

拉lā

to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels

煎jiān

to pan fry; to sauté

煎熬jiān’áo

to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment

拉动lādòng

to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity); to motivate (people to do sth)

拉链lāliàn

zipper

拉拢lālǒng

to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice