教训
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
教训 (jiàoxun) · lesson
教训 (jiàoxun) means “lesson; to lecture; to teach a lesson”. It is written with 2 characters: 教 (to teach) + 训 (to teach). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 教训 is built
The characters
教 jiāo · to teach
What 教 is made of
- 孝xiào — filial piety
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 耂lǎo — old
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 孝 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
训 xùn · to teach
What 训 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 川chuān — stream
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: 讠 gives the meaning, 川 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这次失败是一个教训。Zhè cì shībài shì yī ge jiàoxun.This failure was a lesson.
妈妈教训了他一顿。Māma jiàoxun le tā yī dùn.His mother gave him a talking-to.
Questions about 教训
What does 教训 mean?
教训 (jiàoxun) means “lesson; to lecture; to teach a lesson”.
How do you pronounce 教训?
教训 is pronounced jiàoxun.
Which HSK level is 教训?
教训 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 教学楼jiàoxuélóuclassroom building
- 教师jiàoshīteacher
- 教室jiàoshìclassroom
- 教学jiàoxuéteaching
- 教育jiàoyùeducation
- 教材jiàocáitextbook
- 教练jiàoliàncoach
- 请教qǐngjiàoto ask for advice
- 教授jiàoshòuprofessor
- 教养jiàoyǎngupbringing
Learn 教训 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 98: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.