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练

liàn

HSK 3 Character Traditional 練

What 练 means

1. to practice
2. to train
3. to drill
4. to perfect (one's skill)
5. exercise
6. literarywhite silk
7. to boil and scour raw silk

Example sentences

• 什么练习？
  What practice?
• 我是教练。
  I'm the coach.
• 会有训练。
  Training will be provided.
• 她在开始练习。
  She's starting to practice.
• 他每天在家练习。
  He practiced every day at home.
• 她每天都会练琴。
  She practises the piano every day.

Words starting with 练

• 练习liàn xíto practice; exercise; drill
• 练功liàn gōngto do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art)…
• 练就liàn jiùto master (a skill)
• 练习本liàn xí běnexercise book; workbook
• 练兵liàn bīngto drill troops; army training
• 练字liàn zìto practice writing characters
• 练习场liàn xí chǎngdriving range (golf); practice court; practice ground
• 练手liàn shǒuto practice a skill
• 练达liàn dáexperienced; sophisticated; worldly-wise
• 练习册liàn xí cèexercise booklet
• 练习生liàn xí shēng(dated, except in Taiwan) trainee; apprentice; probationary employee…
• 练摊liàn tān(dialect) to run a street stall

Words containing 练

• 训练xùn liànto train; to drill; training
• 教练jiào liànto coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer
• 熟练shú liànpracticed; proficient; skilled
• 操练cāo liàndrill; practice
• 排练pái liànto rehearse; rehearsal
• 磨练mó liànto temper oneself; to steel oneself; self-discipline
• 演练yǎn liànto drill; to practice
• 老练lǎo liànseasoned; experienced
• 苦练kǔ liànto train hard; to practice diligently; hard work
• 干练gàn liàncapable and experienced
• 教练员jiào liàn yuánsports coach; training personnel
• 简练jiǎn liànterse; succinct
• 训练场xùn liàn chǎngtraining ground
• 历练lì liànto learn through experience; experience; practiced
• 晨练chén liànmorning exercise
• 训练营xùn liàn yíngtraining camp
• 精练jīng liàn(textiles) to scour; to degum (silk); variant of 精炼
• 拉练lā liàn(military) to undergo field training…
• 陪练péi liàntraining partner; sparring partner
• 修练xiū liànto practice (an activity); to perform
• 创练chuàng liànto form and train (a military unit); to create and practice (a martial art)…
• 团练tuán liànlocal militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old)
• 洗练xǐ liànagile; nimble; deft
• 稳练wěn liànsteady and proficient; skilled and reliable

Characters that look like 练

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 络luònet-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind
• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear
• 炼liànto refine; to smelt
• 栋dòngclassifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)
• 恪kèrespectful; scrupulous
• 鸠jiūturtledove; (literary) to gather

Sounds the same

Read liàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炼to refine; to smelt
• 链chain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)…
• 恋to feel attached to; to long for; to love
• 楝Melia japonica
• 殓to prepare a dead body for coffin
• 潋full of water; trough
• 湅to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it)
• 澰(literary) to moisten; to wet; to soak in water
• 萰Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in TCM); same as 白蔹
• 敛variant of 殓