HSK 5 · Work

培训 péixùn “to train” in Chinese

Traditional 培訓

What 培训 means

  1. to train
  2. training
  3. to cultivate
  4. to groom

How to say 培训

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale培péi2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale训xùn4th tone, falling

培训 in a sentence

  1. 新员工要先参加一个星期的培训。

    Xīn yuángōng yào xiān cānjiā yí ge xīngqī de péixùn.

    New staff first do a week of training.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 公司每年都会培训员工。

    Gōngsī měinián dōu huì péixùn yuángōng.

    The company trains its staff every year.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 培训 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 培 (péi) with each of its parts in a different colour
培péito bank up with earth
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 咅to spit out · pǒuSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 咅 (pǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with péi.

The character 训 (xùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
训xùnto teach; to train; to admonish
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 川stream · chuānSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 川 (chuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xùn.

How to write 培训

培 11 strokes · 训 5 strokes

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

Words related to 培训

Words with 培

培养péiyǎng · to cultivate培育péiyù · to cultivate栽培zāipéi · to cultivate

Words with 训

教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)训练xùnliàn · to train

More words: Work & Career

名片míngpiàn · (business) card模特mótè · (fashion) model农民nóngmín · farmer农业nóngyè · agriculture企业qǐyè · company人事rénshì · personnel人员rényuán · staff日程rìchéng · schedule

FAQs

培训 (péixùn) means “to train” or “training”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it péixùn: péi with a 2nd tone, then xùn 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, 培训 is written 培訓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type peixun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 培训 from the suggestions. Typing peixun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
培训 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.