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经验jīng yànexperience

HSK 4word

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经验 (jīng yàn) means "experience," the knowledge or skill you gain by doing something, as in 工作经验 (work experience). It can also be a verb meaning "to go through" or "to experience" something. As a noun, it often follows 有 or 没有 to say whether someone has done a kind of work before.

What does 经验 mean?

  1. 1.

    experiencenoun

  2. 2.

    to go through; to experienceverb

What do the characters in 经验 mean?

  • 经to undergo
  • 验not compositional here

How do you use 经验?

经验 can follow 有 or 没有, and it can take a description before 的, as in 开车的经验.

What are some examples of 经验 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 7–9

    他有很多工作经验。

    Tā yǒu hěn duō gōngzuò jīngyàn.

    He has a lot of work experience.

  2. HSK 7–9

    我没有开车的经验。

    Wǒ méiyǒu kāichē de jīngyàn.

    I have no driving experience.

  3. HSK 7–9

    这是一次很好的经验。

    Zhè shì yí cì hěn hǎo de jīngyàn.

    This is a very good experience.

How is 经验 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你以前做过这个工作吗？

    Nǐ yǐqián zuò guo zhège gōngzuò ma?

    Have you done this job before?

  2. Speaker B:

    做过两年，有一些经验。

    Zuò guo liǎng nián, yǒu yìxiē jīngyàn.

    I did it for two years, so I have some experience.

  3. Speaker A:

    那太好了，我们正需要有经验的人。

    Nà tài hǎo le, wǒmen zhèng xūyào yǒu jīngyàn de rén.

    That's great; we need someone with experience.

  4. Speaker B:

    我什么时候可以开始？

    Wǒ shénme shíhou kěyǐ kāishǐ?

    When can I start?

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.