练习 (liànxí) means Exercise (drill - practice). Below are 14 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
说汉语要多 练习 。
Shuō Hànyǔ yào duō liànxí.
You need to practise a lot to speak Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 练习
老师给我们很多 练习 。
Lǎoshī gěi wǒmen hěn duō liànxí.
The teacher gives us plenty of exercises.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 练习
学语法要多做 练习 。
Xué yǔfǎ yào duō zuò liànxí.
Learning grammar takes plenty of practice.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 语法
刻苦 练习 才能进步。
Kèkǔ liànxí cái néng jìnbù.
Only diligent practice brings progress.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 刻苦
他从小就 练习 使剑。
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù liànxí shǐ jiàn.
He has practised swordsmanship since childhood.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 剑
他从小就 练习 书法。
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù liànxí shūfǎ.
He has practised calligraphy since childhood.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 书法
多 练习 才能提高水平。
Duō liànxí cái néng tígāo shuǐpíng.
Only with practice can you raise your level.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 水平
他要求我们认真 练习 。
Tā yāoqiú wǒmen rènzhēn liànxí.
He asks us to practise seriously.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 要求
我们要增加 练习 的时间。
Wǒmen yào zēngjiā liànxí de shíjiān.
We need to increase our practice time.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 增加
汉语不难，但是要多 练习 。
Hànyǔ bù nán, dànshì yào duō liànxí.
Chinese isn't hard, but you have to practise a lot.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 难
他努力 练习 ，从而进步很快。
Tā nǔlì liànxí, cóng'ér jìnbù hěn kuài.
He practised hard and thereby improved quickly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 从而
这个句子他反复 练习 了几遍。
Zhège jùzi tā fǎnfù liànxí le jǐ biàn.
He practised this sentence over and over.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 反复
为了提高汉语水平，他每天都 练习 。
Wèile tígāo Hànyǔ shuǐpíng, tā měi tiān dōu liànxí.
To improve his Chinese, he practises every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 为了
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From the graded readers
后面的八分钟，我说得比在宿舍里 练习 的时候还流利。
hòumian de / dì bā fēnzhōng, wǒ shuō dé / děi / de bǐ zài sùshè lǐ liànxí de / dì shíhou hái / huán liúlì.
For the next eight minutes I spoke more fluently than I ever had practising in my dorm.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
Questions about 练习
How is 练习 used in a sentence?
This page shows 14 sentences using 练习 (liànxí, "Exercise (drill - practice)"), 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.
Is 练习 an HSK word?
Yes — 练习 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 练习?
The dictionary page for 练习 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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