练

Traditional (Taiwan): 練

On the HSK 3 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A2.

liàn ㄌㄧㄢˋ

    • to practice
    • to train
    • to drill
    • to perfect (one's skill)
    • exercise
    • white silk

      literary

    • to boil and scour raw silk

Classifiers (measure words)

to practice

Usually

Less often

to train

to drill

white silk

Other words read liàn

In the same tone

  • 链 liàn chain
  • 炼 liàn refine
  • 湅 liàn boil raw silk
  • 恋 liàn feel attached to
  • 楝 liàn Melia japonica

All 10 words read liàn

lian with other tones

  • 连 lián link
  • 脸 liǎn face
  • 联 lián unite
  • 莲 lián lotus
  • 濂 lián name of a river in Hunan

All 33 words read lian in any tone

How 练 is written

    部首 radical
    纟
    笔画 strokes
    8, with 5 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    纟柬
    形旁 meaning
    纟
    声旁 sound
    柬

    Words with 练

    Starting with 练

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    Ending with 练

    All 36 words ending with 练

    Containing 练

    All 7 words containing 练

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