冶炼

冶煉

yěliàn

verb #55,837

Meanings

HSK 6

这家工厂专门冶炼铜。

Zhè jiā gōngchǎng zhuānmén yěliàn tóng.

This factory specialises in smelting copper.

HSK 7-9

冶炼钢铁要消耗大量的煤和电。

Yěliàn gāngtiě yào xiāohào dàliàng de méi hé diàn.

Making iron and steel uses up huge amounts of coal and electricity.

usage

冶炼 is the whole job of getting metal out of ore with heat. Steelmaking specifically is 炼钢, and metallurgy, the science of metals, is 冶金.

冶 yě

炼 liàn