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演习 yǎnxí “military exercise” in Chinese

Traditional 演習

What 演习 means

  1. military exercise
  2. drill
  3. to practise
  4. (military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill
  5. exercise
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • manoeuvre

How to say 演习

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale演yǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale习xí2nd tone, rising

演习 in a sentence

  1. 我们昨天进行了火警演习。

    Wǒmen zuótiān jìnxíng le huǒjǐng yǎnxí.

    We had a fire drill yesterday.

    Sentence #503214 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 演习 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 演 (yǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
演yǎnto perform; to stage
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 寅part of the characterSound part
The character 习 (xí) drawn as one shape
习xíto practise

习 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 習: a young bird's wings 羽 practising flight: to practise.

How to write 演习

演 14 strokes · 习 3 strokes

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

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

Words related to 演习

Words with 演

演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)演员yǎnyuán · actor or actress表演biǎoyǎn · to perform演讲yǎnjiǎng · speech导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)演绎yǎnyì · to deduce扮演bànyǎn · to play the role of演奏yǎnzòu · to perform (on an instrument)演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve

Words with 习

学习xuéxí · to study复习fùxí · revise练习liànxí · practice习惯xíguàn · habit预习yùxí · to prepare a lesson实习shíxí · to do an internship习俗xísú · custom

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FAQs

演习 (yǎnxí) means “military exercise” or “drill”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǎnxí: yǎn with a 3rd tone, then xí with a 2nd 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, 演习 is written 演習. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 演习 from the suggestions. Typing yanxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
演习 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.