HSK 4 · Education

研究 yánjiū “to research” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 研究 means

  1. to research
  2. to study
  3. to look into

Measure word 项 xiàng · 一项研究 yí xiàng yánjiū

How to say 研究

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale研yán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale究jiū1st tone, high and level

研究 in a sentence

  1. 你最近在研究什么？

    Nǐ zuìjìn zài yánjiū shénme?

    What have you been researching lately?

    Sentence #13973905 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他对蝴蝶很有研究。

    Tā duì húdié hěn yǒu yánjiū.

    He knows a lot about butterflies.

    Sentence #353629 from Tatoeba

  3. 让我们来研究一个具体的例子。

    Ràng wǒmen lái yánjiū yí ge jùtǐ de lìzi.

    Let’s look at a specific example.

    Sentence #876623 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 研究 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 研 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
研yánto grind
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 开to open · kāiSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 开 (kāi) hints at the sound. Compare it with yán.

The character 究 (jiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
究jiūafter all
  • 穴cave · xuéMeaning part
  • 九nine · jiǔSound part

穴 hints at the meaning (cave); 九 (jiǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiū.

How to write 研究

研 9 strokes · 究 7 strokes

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

Words related to 研究

Words with 研

钻研zuānyán · to study intensively

Words with 究

究竟jiūjìng · to go to the bottom of a matter讲究jiǎngjiu · to be particular about追究zhuījiū · to investigate终究zhōngjiū · after all

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FAQs

研究 (yánjiū) means “to research” or “to study”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yánjiū: yán with a 2nd tone, then jiū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 研究 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 项 (xiàng). For example, one to research is 一项研究 (yí xiàng yánjiū).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanjiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 研究 from the suggestions. Typing yanjiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
研究 is an HSK 4 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.