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Mythic Mandarin

教练 (jiào liàn): meaning and stroke order

教练 (jiào liàn) means to coach; to train, instructor; sports coach; trainer (个,位,名).

教练

Simplified
教练
Traditional
教練
Pinyin
jiào liàn

Stroke order of 教练

教

  • Jiào surname Jiao
  • jiāo to teach; to instruct
  • jiào (bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

练

  • liàn to practice; to train
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 練

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 教练

  1. jiào liàn Traditional 教練
    • to coach; to train
    • instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2])

Radicals of the characters

教
Radical 攴 (Kangxi radical 66) · 11 strokes · 孝 on the left, 攵 on the right
练
Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 8 strokes · 纟 on the left, 𫠣 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

教练 in our stories

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  • 第二天，她就办了一张健身卡，还请了一位教练。

    dì-èr tiān tā jiù bàn le yì zhāng jiànshēnkǎ hái qǐng le yí wèi jiàoliàn

    The next day she got a gym membership and hired a coach.

    From the story Pull-ups HSK 4

  • 评论里全是同一句话：“阿姨才是真正的健身教练！”

    pínglùn lǐ quán shì tóng yí jù huà āyí cái shì zhēnzhèng de jiànshēn jiàoliàn

    The comments all said the same thing: "Auntie is the real fitness coach!"

    From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 教练

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).