How to say “experiment” in Chinese

实验

shíyàn

experiment

verb · HSK 5 · topic “Science and technology”

“Experiment” in Chinese is 实验, shí yàn: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

实验 is read shí yàn: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

shí — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

yàn — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”

How to write it

实

shí — real, true

On top, 宀 — “roof”.

验

yàn — check, test

On the left, 马 “horse”. The right part is the same as in 脸 liǎn, 险 xiǎn and 检 jiǎn.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “实验”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 实验. Tap the sound icon to listen.

今天化学课上，我们做了一个实验。jīntiānhuàxuékèshang,wǒmenzuòleyígeshíyànToday in chemistry class we did an experiment.
他每天都在实验室工作tāměitiāndōuzàishíyànshìgōngzuòHe works in the lab every day.
你们实验室在研究什么？nǐmenshíyànshìzàiyánjiūshénmeWhat is your lab working on?
通过实验他们得2出了结论tōngguòshíyàn,tāmendéchūlejiélùnFrom the experiment, they reached a conclusion.
这个结论已经经过实验验证。zhègejiélùnyǐjīngjīngguòshíyànyànzhèngThis conclusion has already been confirmed by experiment.
这个理论还没有经过实验验证zhègelǐlùnháiméiyǒujīngguòshíyànyànzhèngThis theory hasn't been verified by experiment yet.

More words from the lesson “An experiment in the lab”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “experiment” in Chinese?

“Experiment” in Chinese is 实验, pinyin shíyàn.

What does 实验 mean?

实验 (shíyàn) means “experiment”.

How do you write 实验?

实验 is 2 characters: 实 (shí) — real, true; 验 (yàn) — check, test. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 实验?

实验 is read shíyàn. Tones: shí — second tone, yàn — fourth tone. The page has an audio recording.

“experiment” in the lesson “An experiment in the lab”

This word is from the topic “Science and technology” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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