练 meaning and pronunciation

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练 English definition

liàn

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

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : to feel attached to; to long for; to love;
  • : Melia japonica;
  • : to prepare a dead body for coffin;
  • : boil raw silk;
  • : full of water; trough;
  • : full of water; trough;
  • : to refine; to smelt;
  • : Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in TCM); same as 白蘞|白蔹[bai2 lian3];
  • : Japanese variant of 煉|炼[lian4];
  • : chain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m); chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m); to chain; to enchain;

Sentences examples with 练

  • 学过的东西,要多练习才能记住。
    Xuéguò de dōngxī, yào duō liànxí cáinéng jì zhù.
  • 同学们,下面我们开始做练习。
    Tóngxuémen, xiàmiàn wǒmen kāishǐ zuò liànxí.
  • 学游泳光看是不行的,要练习。
    Xué yóuyǒng guāng kàn shì bùxíng de, yào liànxí.

Words containing 练, by HSK level