HSK 6 · Science

试验 shìyàn “test” in Chinese

Traditional 試驗

What 试验 means

  1. test
  2. experiment
  3. experimental

Measure word 次 cì or 个 gè · 一次试验 yí cì shìyàn

How to say 试验

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale试shì4th 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

试验 in a sentence

  1. 这位老师用试验论证了这个想法。

    Zhè wèi lǎoshī yòng shìyàn lùnzhèng le zhè ge xiǎngfǎ.

    This teacher proved the idea with an experiment.

    Sentence #2581535 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 试验 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 试 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
试shìto test
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 式formula · shìSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 式 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with shì.

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 试验

试 8 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.

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

Words related to 试验

Words with 试

考试kǎoshì · exam试shì · to try试卷shìjuàn · examination paper尝试chángshì · to try试图shìtú · to attempt

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检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect验收yànshōu · to check and accept考验kǎoyàn · to test

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溶解róngjiě · to dissolve摄氏度shèshìdù · degrees Celsius设置shèzhì · to set up视频shìpín · video太空tàikōng · outer space探测tàncè · to detect弹性tánxìng · elasticity天文tiānwén · astronomy

FAQs

试验 (shìyàn) means “test” or “experiment”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìyàn: shì 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, 试验 is written 試驗. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 次 (cì) or 个 (gè). For example, one test is 一次试验 (yí cì shìyàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shiyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 试验 from the suggestions. Typing shiyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
试验 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.