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实践 shíjiàn “practice” in Chinese

Traditional 實踐

What 实践 means

  1. practice
  2. to put into practice
  3. to live up to (a promise)
  4. to carry out (a project)

How to say 实践

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale实shí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale践jiàn4th tone, falling

实践 in a sentence

  1. 这个工作需要实践。

    Zhè ge gōngzuò xūyào shíjiàn.

    This job takes practice.

    Sentence #512896 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 实践出真知。

    Shíjiàn chū zhēnzhī.

    True knowledge comes from practice.

    Sentence #1750390 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 做计划是一码事，付诸实践是另一码事。

    Zuò jìhuà shì yì mǎ shì, fùzhū shíjiàn shì lìng yì mǎ shì.

    It’s one thing to make plans, but quite another to carry them out.

    Sentence #11242977 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 实践 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shíreal
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

The character 践 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
践jiànto fulfil
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 戋small · jiānSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 戋 (jiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiàn.

How to write 实践

实 8 strokes · 践 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

实践 (shíjiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 实践 (shíjiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 实践

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve结实jiēshi · sturdy

Words with 践

践踏jiàntà · to trample

More words: Ideas & Concepts

奇迹qíjì · miracle前途qiántú · prospects情景qíngjǐng · scene趋势qūshì · trend事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing收获shōuhuò · harvest手续shǒuxù · procedure

FAQs

实践 (shíjiàn) means “practice” or “to put into practice”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shíjiàn: shí with a 2nd tone, then jiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 实践 is written 實踐. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shijian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 实践 from the suggestions. Typing shijian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
实践 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.