研 (jin4 ngaan4 | yan2) : study; grind

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研

jin4 ngaan4

yan2

[jin4] [v] study; research; discuss

[ngaan4] [v] grind; pulverize; pestle | nasal-stop alternant: 扤 [ngaat6]

variant form: 硏

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 石 (#112)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

研

This word has been viewed 8660 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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研究生 jin4 gau3 saang1 yan2 jiu1 sheng1 = postgraduate student

研究 jin4 gau3 yan2 jiu4 (Taiwan), yan2 jiu1 (PRC) = research

研製 jin4 zai3 yan2 zhi4 = to make

研究所 jin4 gau3 so2 yan2 jiu4 suo3 (Taiwan), yan2 jiu1 suo3 (PRC) = research institution; graduate school (Taiwan)

鑽研 zyun3 jin4 zuan1 yan2 = intensively research; to dig into; to study intently

教研室 gaau3 jin4 sat1 jiao4 yan2 shi4 = teaching and research department

研究員 jin4 gau3 jyun4 yan2 jiu4 yuan2 (Taiwan), yan2 jiu1 yuan2 (PRC) = researcher

研討會 jin4 tou2 wui6*2 yan2 tao3 hui4 = discussion forum, seminar

深入研究 sam1 jap6 jin4 gau3 shen1 ru4 yan2 jiu4 (Taiwan), shen1 ru4 yan2 jiu1 (PRC) = lucubrate (produce scholarship); deep research

研究出 jin4 gau3 ceot1 yan2 jiu4 chu1 (Taiwan), yan2 jiu1 chu1 (PRC) = excogitate, to think out carefully
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他生性好奇, 甚麼事情都要研究一番。國
He is born curious and likes to look into every single thing.

考古學係一門研究人類文化同歷史嘅學科粵
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history

科學家係用科學方法做研究嘅人粵
A scientist is someone who does research using scientific methods.

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Unicode code for this character: U+7814 (off-site link)

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