Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- liàn
English
- practice, drill, exercise, train
- to practice
- (adjective) Experienced
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Lin"
- to practise; to drill
- to train
- to drill
- to perfect (one's skill)
- exercise
- (literary) white silk
- to boil and scour raw silk
粵語
- 姓
- 不停重複做一件事,嚟提高自己對呢件事嘅熟練程度
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 練
- 訓練fan3 lin6
to train
- 教練gaau3 lin6
to coach; to train
- 練習lin6 zaap6
to practice
- 熟練suk6 lin6
practiced
- 演練jin2 lin6
to drill; to practice
- 排練paai4 lin6
to rehearse
- 練功lin6 gung1
to do tai chi
- 練字lin6 zi6
to practice writing characters
- 磨練mo4 lin6
to temper oneself
- 修練sau1 lin6
to practice (an activity)
- 操練cou1 lin6
drill
- 精練zing1 lin6
(textiles) to scour
- 老練lou5 lin6
seasoned; experienced
- 練兵lin6 bing1
to drill troops
- 苦練fu2 lin6
to train hard
- 歷練lik6 lin6
to learn through experience
- 簡練gaan2 lin6
terse
- 更練gaang1 lin6
watchmen, formal district guards employed by Chinese merchants, with basic trainings by Hong Kong Police Force, the related ordinance ended in 1956
- 創練cong3 lin6
to form and train (a military unit)
- 練筆lin6 bat1
to practise writing
- 穩練wan2 lin6
steady and proficient
- 練馬師lin6 maa5 si1
horse trainers
- 練仙lin6 sin1
to practise celestial or to celestialize, often requiring fast for Taoist priests ----
- 訓練者fan3 lin6 ze2
trainer