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实验 shíyàn

实验 shíyàn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 7 English Translations of the word 实验 shíyàn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shíyàn | shi2 yan4
English translation
experiment
test
CL:
>[gè],[cì]
experimental
to experiment

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Etymology of 实验 shíyàn

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shí

Explanation

Simplified form of shí . guàn is a pictograph of a string of money. Based on the original meaning "thrive; plentiful". The meaning later shifted to "real", "true", and "fruit".

Positional decomposition

宀头

Number of Strokes

8
yàn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and qiān represents the sound. Simplified form of yàn .

Phonetic compound

qiān

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

马佥

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 实验 shíyàn

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中微子实 zǐ shí yàn 已经 yǐjīng gěi le 我们 wǒmen 许多 xǔduō 关于 guānyú kuā 性质 xìngzhì de 知识 zhīshi .

Neutrino experiments have yielded much of our information on the properties of quarks.

富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín de 实验 shíyàn 表明 biǎomíng 闪电 shǎndiàn shì zhǒng 放电 fàng diàn .

Franklin's experiments showed that the lightning is an electrical discharge.

zài 实验室 shí yàn shì dūn jiù shì 好几 hǎo jǐ 小时 xiǎoshí .

He would stay for hours at a stretch in the laboratory.

Jiào 我们 wǒmen zuò 实验 shíyàn .

She taught us how to conduct experiments.

该所 de 安东尼 Ān dōng ní 福西医生 yīshēng chèn 实验 shíyàn 结果 jiēguǒ 向前 xiàng qián 迈进 mài jìn le 重要 zhòngyào .

Dr. Anthony Fauci at N . I. H . called the findings an important step forward.

实验 shíyàn Decomposition

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实验 shíyàn Compounds

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