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Chinese symbol for “refinery”

精炼厂
jīng liàn chǎng
Traditional: 精煉廠
refinery

The closest CC-CEDICT match for refinery is 精炼厂 (jīng liàn chǎng), defined as: refinery.

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Characters and stroke order

精 jīng
essence, germ, spirit
radical 119 ⽶ · 14 strokes
炼 liàn
to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense
radical 86 ⽕ · 9 strokes
厂 chǎng
cliff; factory, workshop; building
radical 27 ⼚ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 精炼厂.

WordPinyinMeaning
精神jīng shénspirit; mind
精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous
精力jīng lìenergy (physical or mental)
精确 (精確)jīng quèaccurate; precise
精英jīng yīngcream; elite
锻炼 (鍛鍊)duàn liànto toughen; to temper
修炼 (修煉)xiū liàn(of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism
提炼 (提煉)tí liànto extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine
工厂 (工廠)gōng chǎngfactory; measure word: 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò)

See also: Japanese symbol for “refinery”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.