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试验

shì yàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 試驗 Measure word 次、个

试验 (shì yàn) means "experiment; test". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 试验 means

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

The characters in 试验

• 试shìto test; to try; experiment
• 验yànto examine; to test; to check

Example sentences

• 这次核试验成功了。
  Zhè cì héshìyàn chénggōng le.
  This time, the nuclear test was a success.
• 这次核试验失败了。
  Zhè cì héshìyàn shībài le.
  This time, the nuclear test failed.
• 这位老师用试验论证了这个想法。
  Zhèwèi lǎoshī yòng shìyàn lùnzhèng le zhège xiǎngfǎ.
  The teacher demonstrated the idea with an experiment.
• 这个国家成功进行了一次核试验。
  This country successfully conducted a nuclear experiment.
• 自然界从来都比试验室的配方或设计院的图纸里所反映的要复杂得多。
  Zìránjiè cónglái dōu bǐshì yàn shì de pèifāng huò shèjì yuàn de túzhǐ lǐ suǒ fǎnyìng de yào fùzá de duō.
  The natural world is always much more complex than formulations in the lab or blueprints in the design office.

Words starting with 试验

• 试验场shì yàn chǎngexperimental station
• 试验性shì yàn xìngexperimental
• 试验间shì yàn jiāntest room

Words containing 试验

• 核试验hé shì yànnuclear test
• 核试验场hé shì yàn chǎngnuclear test site
• 地下核试验dì xià hé shì yànunderground nuclear test
• 流体核试验liú tǐ hé shì yànhydronuclear explosion (HNE)
• 大气层核试验dà qì céng hé shì yànatmospheric nuclear test
• 核试验堆hé shì yàn duīnuclear test reactor
• 点滴试验diǎn dī shì yànspot check
• 妊娠试验rèn shēn shì yànpregnancy test
• 戳穿试验chuō chuān shì yànpuncture test
• 全面禁止核试验条约Quán miàn Jìn zhǐ Hé shì yàn Tiáo yuēComprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Where 试验 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shì (2) (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì yàn correctly.
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