研 (yán) means Grind (study - research - consider). Below are 24 of the 44 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他正在 研 究这个问题。
Tā zhèngzài yánjiū zhège wèntí.
He is researching this question.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 研究
这是一项重要的 研 究。
Zhè shì yí xiàng zhòngyào de yánjiū.
This is an important piece of research.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 研究
她一直从事 研 究工作。
Tā yìzhí cóngshì yánjiū gōngzuò.
She has always been engaged in research work.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 从事
学校增加了科 研 经费。
Xuéxiào zēngjiā le kēyán jīngfèi.
The school increased its research funding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 经费
他对这方面颇有 研 究。
Tā duì zhè fāngmiàn pō yǒu yánjiū.
He has done a fair amount of study in this area.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 颇
他专门 研 究儒家经典。
Tā zhuānmén yánjiū rújiā jīngdiǎn.
He specialises in the Confucian classics.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 儒家
研 究终于取得了突破。
Yánjiū zhōngyú qǔdé le tūpò.
The research has finally made a breakthrough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 突破
他的 研 究取得了新成果。
Tā de yánjiū qǔdé le xīn chéngguǒ.
His research has achieved new results.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 成果
公元前的历史很难 研 究。
Gōngyuán qián de lìshǐ hěn nán yánjiū.
History before the common era is hard to research.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公元
这支科 研 队伍非常年轻。
Zhè zhī kēyán duìwu fēicháng niánqīng.
This research team is very young.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 队伍
这项 研 究涉及基因技术。
Zhè xiàng yánjiū shèjí jīyīn jìshù.
This research involves genetic technology.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 基因
他正在做一个 研 究课题。
Tā zhèngzài zuò yí ge yánjiū kètí.
He is working on a research project.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 课题
这项 研 究属于微观领域。
Zhè xiàng yánjiū shǔyú wēiguān lǐngyù.
This research belongs to the microscopic domain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 微观
这份文献很有 研 究价值。
Zhè fèn wénxiàn hěn yǒu yánjiū jiàzhí.
This document is of great research value.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 文献
他在做肿瘤方面的 研 究。
Tā zài zuò zhǒngliú fāngmiàn de yánjiū.
He does research on tumours.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 肿瘤
这项技术是自主 研 发的。
Zhè xiàng jìshù shì zìzhǔ yánfā de.
This technology was developed independently.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 自主
只有肯钻 研 才能有突破。
Zhǐyǒu kěn zuānyán cái néng yǒu tūpò.
Only by digging deep can one achieve a breakthrough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻研
他 研 究这个现象很多年了。
Tā yánjiū zhège xiànxiàng hěn duō nián le.
He has studied this phenomenon for many years.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 现象
这周的 研 究没有太大进展。
Zhè zhōu de yánjiū méiyǒu tài dà jìnzhǎn.
There has not been much progress in the research this week.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 进展
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From the travel phrasebook
我回去 研 究一下。
Wǒ huíqù yánjiū yíxià.
I'll review it when I'm back.
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
研 appears in 44 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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Questions about 研
How is 研 used in a sentence?
This page shows 44 sentences using 研 (yán, "Grind (study - research - consider)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 研 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 研 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 研 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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