liàn

to practice; to train; to drill

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 練

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

汉字每天都要练。

Chinese characters need daily practice.

我在体育馆练了一个小时。

I practiced at the gym for an hour.