HSK 6 · Body

化验 huàyàn “laboratory test” in Chinese

Traditional 化驗

What 化验 means

  1. laboratory test
  2. to do a lab test
  3. chemical examination

How to say 化验

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale化huà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale验yàn4th tone, falling

化验 in a sentence

  1. 医生让我去化验一下血。

    Yīshēng ràng wǒ qù huàyàn yíxià xuè.

    The doctor told me to have a blood test.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 化验结果明天出来。

    Huàyàn jiéguǒ míngtiān chūlái.

    The test results will be out tomorrow.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 化验 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 化 (huà) with each of its parts in a different colour
化huàto make into
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 匕spoon · bǐ

Memory aidA person 亻 next to a person turned upside down 匕: to change, to transform.

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 化验

化 4 strokes · 验 10 strokes

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

Words related to 化验

Words with 化

变化biànhuà · change文化wénhuà · culture消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)化学huàxué · chemistry化妆huàzhuāng · to put on make-up恶化èhuà · to worsen简化jiǎnhuà · to simplify进化jìnhuà · evolution化肥huàféi · chemical fertiliser化石huàshí · fossil

Words with 验

经验jīngyàn · experience体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself测验cèyàn · test实验shíyàn · experiment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: People, Body & Health

感染gǎnrǎn · to infect疙瘩gēda · pimple喉咙hóulóng · throat患者huànzhě · patient昏迷hūnmí · to fall unconscious浑身húnshēn · all over (the body)胡须húxū · beard饥饿jī'è · hunger

FAQs

化验 (huàyàn) means “laboratory test” or “to do a lab test”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huàyàn: huà with a 4th 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, 化验 is written 化驗. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huayan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 化验 from the suggestions. Typing huayan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
化验 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.