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Research in Chinese

to research · HSK 4

研究 yán jiū

  1. 研 yán to research
  2. 究 jiū to study

他在大学研究历史。 He studies history at university.

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How do you say research in Chinese?

Research in Chinese is 研究 (yán jiū). You can also say 功课 (gōng kè), 调研 (diào yán).

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?

The CC-CEDICT 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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