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实验

shí yàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 實驗 Measure word 个、次

实验 (shí yàn) means "experiment". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 实验 means

1. experiment
2. test
3. experimental
4. to experiment

The characters in 实验

• 实shíreal; true; honest
• 验yànto examine; to test; to check

Example sentences

• 实验失败了。
  That experiment was a failure.
• 这实验是成功的。
  The experiment was successful.
• 他的实验用了鸽子。
  Tā de shíyàn yòng le gēzi.
  He used pigeons in his experiment.
• 通过实验来证明它。
  Prove it by experiment.
• 实验证明了他的理论。
  The experiment confirmed his theory.
• 实验室里的空调坏了。
  The air conditioner in the lab is broken.

Words starting with 实验

• 实验室shí yàn shìlaboratory
• 实验所shí yàn suǒlaboratory; institute
• 实验组shí yàn zǔexperimental group; treatment group
• 实验心理学shí yàn xīn lǐ xuéexperimental psychology
• 实验室感染shí yàn shì gǎn rǎnlaboratory infection

Words containing 实验

• 科学实验kē xué shí yànscientific experiment
• 语言实验室yǔ yán shí yàn shìlanguage laboratory
• 贝尔实验室Bèi ěr Shí yàn shìBell Labs
• 国家重点实验室Guó jiā Zhòng diǎn Shí yàn shìState Key Laboratories…
• 布鲁克海文国家实验室Bù lǔ kè hǎi wén Guó jiā Shí yàn shìBrookhaven National Laboratory
• 布鲁克海文实验室Bù lǔ kè hǎi wén Shí yàn shìBrookhaven National Laboratory
• 喷气推进实验室Pēn qì Tuī jìn Shí yàn shìJet Propulsion Laboratory, R&D center in Pasadena, California

Sounds the same

Read shí yàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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Where 实验 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Practice, Implementation & Achievement (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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