Experiment in Chinese
experiment · HSK 5
实验
- 实 real
- 验 to examine
Counted with 个: 一个实验
我们今天在课上做了一个实验。 We did an experiment in class today.
Other ways to say experiment
More words with 实 or 验
How do you say experiment in Chinese?
Experiment in Chinese is 实验 (shí yàn). You can also say 试验 (shì yàn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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