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训

訓
xùn
verb HSK 7-9 #8,235

Meanings

  1. 1 to teach; to lecture
  2. 2 to train; to drill
  3. 3 instruction; admonition

Examples

HSK 4
妈妈训了他一顿。
Māma xùn le tā yí dùn.
Mom gave him a scolding.
HSK 5
他正在接受培训。
Tā zhèngzài jiēshòu péixùn.
He is currently undergoing training.
HSK 5
教训很深刻。
Jiàoxun hěn shēnkè.
The lesson learned was profound.

Tips

usage
训 is used in: 训练 (train/practice), 培训 (training/instruction), 教训 (lesson learned), 训斥 (reprimand). 训 alone can mean 'to scold' colloquially.

Components

radical
讠 yán
speech (left-side form)
Speech radical on the left marks 训 as something done with words - teaching, lecturing, admonishing. The same radical drives the whole speaking-and-language family: 说 say, 话 talk, 译 translate, 诗 poem.
phonetic
川 chuān
river; stream
Right side supplies the sound: chuān to xùn (drift between the two readings). 川's image of a flowing stream also offers a memory hook: instruction flows from teacher to student like water down its channel, the same metaphor English uses with 'streaming knowledge'.

Stroke Order

训 xùn