HSK 6 · Verbs

检验 jiǎnyàn “to inspect” in Chinese

Traditional 檢驗

What 检验 means

  1. to inspect
  2. to test
  3. to verify
  4. to examine

How to say 检验

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale检jiǎn3rd 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

检验 in a sentence

  1. 实践是检验真理的唯一标准。

    Shíjiàn shì jiǎnyàn zhēnlǐ de wéiyī biāozhǔn.

    Practice is the only test of truth.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这批产品已经通过了质量检验。

    Zhè pī chǎnpǐn yǐjīng tōngguò le zhìliàng jiǎnyàn.

    This batch of products has passed the quality inspection.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 检验 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 检 (jiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
检jiǎnto check
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎn.

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 检验

检 11 strokes · 验 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 检验

Words with 检

检查jiǎnchá · to check检票jiǎnpiào · to check tickets检讨jiǎntǎo · self-criticism

Words with 验

经验jīngyàn · experience体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself测验cèyàn · test实验shíyàn · experiment化验huàyàn · laboratory test验证yànzhèng · to verify验收yànshōu · to check and accept试验shìyàn · test考验kǎoyàn · to test

More words: Common Verbs

降临jiànglín · to arrive简化jiǎnhuà · to simplify监视jiānshì · to monitor践踏jiàntà · to trample交叉jiāochā · to cross夹杂jiāzá · to be mixed with继承jìchéng · to inherit戒备jièbèi · to guard against

FAQs

检验 (jiǎnyàn) means “to inspect” or “to test”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiǎnyàn: jiǎn 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, 检验 is written 檢驗. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 检验 from the suggestions. Typing jianyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
检验 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.