HSK 5 · Verbs

体验 tǐyàn “to experience for oneself” in Chinese

Traditional 體驗

What 体验 means

  1. to experience for oneself

How to say 体验

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale体tǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale验yàn4th tone, falling

体验 in a sentence

  1. 这是奇妙的体验。

    Zhè shì qímiào de tǐyàn.

    It was an amazing experience.

    Sentence #6047428 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请你把真实体验写下来。

    Qǐng nǐ bǎ zhēnshí tǐyàn xiě xiàlai.

    Please write down what you really experienced.

    Sentence #13119417 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 这款游戏让玩家能亲身体验球队经理的生活。

    Zhè kuǎn yóuxì ràng wánjiā néng qīnshēn tǐyàn qiúduì jīnglǐ de shēnghuó.

    This game lets players experience life as a football manager first-hand.

    Sentence #13511536 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 体验 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 体 (tǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
体tǐbody
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 本root · běn

Memory aidA person 亻 and a root 本: the body.

The character 验 (yàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
验yànto examine
  • 马horse · mǎMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

马 hints at the meaning (horse); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with yàn.

How to write 体验

体 7 strokes · 验 10 strokes

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

Words related to 体验

Words with 体

身体shēntǐ · body体育tǐyù · physical training体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium体会tǐhuì · to know from experience体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)体现tǐxiàn · to embody具体jùtǐ · specific集体jítǐ · collective (decision)媒体méitǐ · media整体zhěngtǐ · whole

Words with 验

经验jīngyàn · experience测验cèyàn · test实验shíyàn · experiment化验huàyàn · laboratory test验证yànzhèng · to verify检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect验收yànshōu · to check and accept试验shìyàn · test考验kǎoyàn · to test

More words: Common Verbs

逃避táobì · to escape提倡tíchàng · to promote体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)体现tǐxiàn · to embody挑战tiǎozhàn · to challenge统一tǒngyī · to unify吐tǔ · to spit (out)推广tuīguǎng · to promote

FAQs

体验 (tǐyàn) means “to experience for oneself”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it tǐyàn: tǐ with a 3rd tone, then yàn 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, 体验 is written 體驗. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 体验 from the suggestions. Typing tiyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
体验 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.