Chinese Word: 碾 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

碾

Pinyin: niǎn

English Definition: stone roller; roller and millstone; to grind; to crush; to husk

Chinese Definition:
①把东西轧碎或压平的器具：碾子。石碾。汽碾。
②轧：碾米。碾坊(亦作“碾房”)。

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 石

Pictophonetic:展 indicates the sound; 石 (stone) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 石 [ shí ] stone, rock, mineral
- 展 [ zhǎn ] to open, to unfold; to extend, to stretch

Similar Characters: 碿辗

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碾盘	niǎn pán	millstone
碾坊	niǎn fáng	grain mill
水碾	shuǐ niǎn	water mill
碾压	niǎn yā	to crush or compact by means of a roller
碾子	niǎn zi	roller (used for milling or crushing)

1		chǔ lǐ 处理 zhè xiē 这些 zhí wù 植物 bāo kuò 包括 bāo pí 剥皮、 liàng gān 晾干、 niǎn 碾 gēn 根。 Processing these plants probably involved peeling, drying and grinding their roots.
2		tā 他 bǎ 把 chāo piào 钞票 rēng dào 扔到 dì shang 地上， yòu 又 tà shàng 踏上 yī zhǐ 一只 jiǎo 脚， bìng qiě 并且 yòng 用 jiǎo 脚 niǎn 碾 tā 它。 After his voice, he put down the note, stamping and grinding on it.
3		kě lián 可怜 de 的 chóng zi 虫子 niǎn 碾 sǐ 死 le 了， guó fáng 国防 bù mén 部门 bìng bù 并不 guān xīn 关心， yī gè 一个 chóng zi 虫子 de 的 sǐ huó 死活。 And the relay had closed on the poor creature, crushing it to death. The defense department didn't care about the loss of a moth.
4		hòu lái 后来， shí jiān 时间 màn màn 慢慢 kuà guò 跨过 wǒ 我， xiàng 像 yā lù jī 压路机 niǎn guò 碾过 bú gòu 不够 xùn fú 驯服 de 的 lì qīng 沥青 lù miàn 路面。 Afterwards, time strode over me slowly, like the road roller runs over the surface of an asphalt pavement that was not enough smooth.
5		zhè xiē 这些 cuò shī 措施 bāo kuò 包括 bǎ 把 yī piàn 一片 suì 碎 jìng piàn 镜片 fàng dào 放到 mù bēi 墓碑 shàng 上 huò 或 bǎ 把 suì piàn 碎片 niǎn 碾 chéng 成 fěn mò 粉末。 These include touching a piece of the broken mirror to a tombstone or grinding the mirror shards into powder.

1		chǔ lǐ 处理 zhè xiē 这些 zhí wù 植物 bāo kuò 包括 bāo pí 剥皮、 liàng gān 晾干、 niǎn 碾 gēn 根。 Processing these plants probably involved peeling, drying and grinding their roots.
2		tā 他 bǎ 把 chāo piào 钞票 rēng dào 扔到 dì shang 地上， yòu 又 tà shàng 踏上 yī zhǐ 一只 jiǎo 脚， bìng qiě 并且 yòng 用 jiǎo 脚 niǎn 碾 tā 它。 After his voice, he put down the note, stamping and grinding on it.
3		kě lián 可怜 de 的 chóng zi 虫子 niǎn 碾 sǐ 死 le 了， guó fáng 国防 bù mén 部门 bìng bù 并不 guān xīn 关心， yī gè 一个 chóng zi 虫子 de 的 sǐ huó 死活。 And the relay had closed on the poor creature, crushing it to death. The defense department didn't care about the loss of a moth.
4		hòu lái 后来， shí jiān 时间 màn màn 慢慢 kuà guò 跨过 wǒ 我， xiàng 像 yā lù jī 压路机 niǎn guò 碾过 bú gòu 不够 xùn fú 驯服 de 的 lì qīng 沥青 lù miàn 路面。 Afterwards, time strode over me slowly, like the road roller runs over the surface of an asphalt pavement that was not enough smooth.
5		zhè xiē 这些 cuò shī 措施 bāo kuò 包括 bǎ 把 yī piàn 一片 suì 碎 jìng piàn 镜片 fàng dào 放到 mù bēi 墓碑 shàng 上 huò 或 bǎ 把 suì piàn 碎片 niǎn 碾 chéng 成 fěn mò 粉末。 These include touching a piece of the broken mirror to a tombstone or grinding the mirror shards into powder.