HSK 5 · Sport

教练 jiàoliàn “instructor” in Chinese

Traditional 教練

What 教练 means

  1. instructor
  2. sports coach
  3. to coach
  4. to train
  5. trainer

How to say 教练

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale教jiào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale练liàn4th tone, falling

教练 in a sentence

  1. 她喜欢网球并成为了一个网球教练。

    Tā xǐhuan wǎngqiú bìng chéngwéi le yí ge wǎngqiú jiàoliàn.

    She loved tennis and became a tennis coach.

    Sentence #334188 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的驾驶教练说我应该更有耐心一点。

    Wǒ de jiàshǐ jiàoliàn shuō wǒ yīnggāi gèng yǒu nàixīn yìdiǎn.

    My driving instructor says I should be more patient.

    Sentence #4797633 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 球员们坐在更衣室里听教练讲话。

    Qiúyuánmen zuò zài gēngyīshì lǐ tīng jiàoliàn jiǎnghuà.

    The players sat in the changing room listening to their coach.

    Sentence #3579508 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 教练 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 教 (jiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
教jiàoto teach; to instruct
  • 孝filial piety · xiàoSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 孝 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiào.

The character 练 (liàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
练liànto practise
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 柬card · jiǎnSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 柬 (jiǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with liàn.

How to write 教练

教 11 strokes · 练 8 strokes

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

Words related to 教练

Words with 教

教室jiàoshì · classroom教jiāo · teach教授jiàoshòu · professor教育jiàoyù · to educate教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)教材jiàocái · teaching material请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing宗教zōngjiào · religion

Words with 练

练liàn · to practise练习liànxí · practice熟练shúliàn · practised训练xùnliàn · to train操练cāoliàn · to drill排练páiliàn · to rehearse

More words: Sport & Leisure

合影héyǐng · to take a joint photo划huá · to row健身jiànshēn · to work out纪录jìlù · record (e.g. a sporting record)俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)决赛juésài · finals (of a competition)球迷qiúmí · fan (ball sports)射击shèjī · to shoot

FAQs

教练 (jiàoliàn) means “instructor” or “sports coach”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiàoliàn: jiào with a 4th tone, then liàn 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, 教练 is written 教練. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaolian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 教练 from the suggestions. Typing jiaolian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
教练 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.