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教练

jiào liàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 教練 Measure word 位、名

教练 (jiào liàn) means "coach, instructor". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 教练 means

1. to coach; to train
2. instructor; sports coach; trainer

The characters in 教练

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 练liànto practice; to train; to drill

Example sentences

• 我是教练。
  I'm the coach.
• 汤姆不是坏教练。
  Tom isn't a bad coach.
• 汤姆的教练喜欢他。
  Tom's coach likes him.
• 我知道汤姆是名教练。
  I know that Tom is a coach.
• 汤姆是个差劲的教练。
  Tom was a bad coach.
• 汤姆在考虑担任教练一职。
  Tom is considering taking a coaching job.

Words starting with 教练

• 教练员jiào liàn yuánsports coach; training personnel
• 教练机jiào liàn jītrainer (aircraft)

Where 教练 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of School, Education & Training (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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