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研究

yán jiū 2–1

research; a study; to research; to look into

HSK level
HSK 4
HSK 3.0 level 4
Characters
2
研 · 究
Syllables
2
yán jiū
Frequency
Common
corpus count 582

Part of speech: vn,v

Character by character

  • 研yán9 strokesHSK 4grind, rub; study, research
  • 究jiū7 strokesHSK 4examine, investigate

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 他研究了十年。

    Tā yán jiū le shí nián

    He studied for ten years.

  • 你最近在研究什么?

    Nǐ zuì jìn zài yán jiū shén me

    What are you researching lately?

  • 我们研究这个问题吧。

    Wǒ men yán jiū zhè ge wèn tí ba

    Let's get to work on that problem.

  • 这个科学家正在研究原子能。

    Zhè ge kē xué jiā zhèng zài yán jiū yuán zǐ néng

    The scientist is working on atomic energy.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 研究. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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