练 (liàn): meaning and stroke order
练 (liàn) means to practice, to train, to drill, to perfect (one's skill), exercise, (literary) white silk.
练
- Simplified
- 练
- Traditional
- 練
- Pinyin
- liàn
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Stroke order of 练
练
- liàn to practice; to train
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 練
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Meaning of 练
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liàn
Traditional 練
- to practice
- to train
- to drill
- to perfect (one's skill)
- exercise
- (literary) white silk
- to boil and scour raw silk
Radical and structure
- 练
- Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 8 strokes · 纟 on the left, 𫠣 on the right
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Words with 练
- 教练 jiào liàn to coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2])
- 练习 liàn xí to practice; exercise
- 训练 xùn liàn to train; to drill
练 in our stories
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没想到何芳高兴地说：“太好了！我也打鼓，正好可以找个朋友一起练！”
méi xiǎngdào Hé Fāng gāoxìng de shuō tài hǎo le wǒ yě dǎ gǔ zhènghǎo kěyǐ zhǎo gè péngyou yìqǐ liàn
To the landlord's surprise, He Fang says happily, "Great! I play the drums too. Now I'll have someone to practise with!"
From the story The cheap room HSK 3
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刚开始，她一个都拉不上去，每天练完胳膊疼得连筷子都拿不稳。
gāng kāishǐ tā yí gè dōu lā bú shàngqu měitiān liàn wán gēbo téng de lián kuàizi dōu ná bù wěn
At first she couldn't pull herself up even once, and after each session her arms hurt so much she could barely hold her chopsticks.
From the story Pull-ups HSK 4
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妈妈根本不知道镜头开着。她一边拉面，一边数落儿子：“你看看你，练了半年，胳膊还没我粗！”
māma gēnběn bù zhīdao jìngtóu kāi zhe tā yìbiān lāmiàn yìbiān shǔluo érzi nǐ kànkan nǐ liàn le bànnián gēbo hái méi wǒ cū
His mother had no idea the camera was on. Pulling noodles, she scolded her son: "Look at you—six months of training and your arms still aren't as thick as mine!"
From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 练
- The cheap room HSK 3
- Pull-ups HSK 4
- Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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).