HSK 5 · Education

测验 cèyàn “test” in Chinese

Traditional 測驗

What 测验 means

  1. test

Measure word 次 cì or 个 gè · 一次测验 yí cì cèyàn

How to say 测验

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale测cè4th 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

测验 in a sentence

  1. 你的测验怎么样？

    Nǐ de cèyàn zěnmeyàng?

    How did your test go?

    Sentence #473012 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 聪明的学生很快完成了测验。

    Cōngming de xuésheng hěn kuài wánchéng le cèyàn.

    The clever student finished the test quickly.

    Sentence #2411942 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们明天有个测验。

    Wǒmen míngtiān yǒu ge cèyàn.

    We have a test tomorrow.

    Sentence #333773 from Tatoeba

How 测验 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 测 (cè) with each of its parts in a different colour
测cèto survey
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 则rule · zéSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 则 (zé) hints at the sound. Compare it with cè.

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 测验

测 9 strokes · 验 10 strokes

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

Words related to 测验

Words with 测

推测tuīcè · to speculate测量cèliáng · to measure探测tàncè · to detect

Words with 验

经验jīngyàn · experience体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself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

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FAQs

测验 (cèyàn) means “test”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cèyàn: cè 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, 测验 is written 測驗. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 次 (cì) or 个 (gè). For example, one test is 一次测验 (yí cì cèyàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ceyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 测验 from the suggestions. Typing ceyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
测验 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.