教训 meaning in English
to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson
Meaning of 教训
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid
- a talking-to; a bitter lesson
Measure word: 番,頓|顿
How to use 教训
As a noun, 教训 often means a painful lesson learned from a mistake, as in 吸取教训 (xīqǔ jiàoxùn, to learn a lesson). As a verb, it means to scold or lecture someone. Example: 这次失败给了我一个教训。(Zhè cì shībài gěi le wǒ yí ge jiàoxùn.) This failure taught me a lesson.
教 (jiào) means to teach and 训 (xùn) means to instruct, and 训 has the speech radical 讠. Teaching plus lecturing words gives you a lesson, often one you learn the hard way.
Common mistake: Learners use 教训 for an ordinary class lesson, but a school lesson is 课 (kè). 教训 means a lesson from experience or a scolding. Also note 教 is fourth tone jiào here, not first tone jiāo as in 教书 (jiāoshū).
教训 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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教 jiāo · to teach · 11 strokes
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训 xùn · to teach · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 教训.
| 教学楼 | jiàoxuélóu | school building; academic building |
| 教育 | jiàoyù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 | jiàoshī | teacher |
| 教室 | jiàoshì | classroom |
| 教学 | jiàoxué | to teach |
| 训练 | xùnliàn | to train; to drill |
| 教练 | jiàoliàn | to coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:位[wei4],名[ming2]) |
| 请教 | qǐngjiào | to ask for guidance; to consult |
| 教材 | jiàocái | teaching material |
| 教授 | jiàoshòu | to teach (a subject) |
| 培训 | péixùn | to cultivate; to train |
| 培训班 | péixùnbān | training class |
Questions about 教训
What does 教训 mean?
教训 (jiàoxùn) means "to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson" and is used as a verb and noun.
How do you write 教训?
教训 is made of 2 characters: 教 (11 strokes), 训 (5 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 教训 an HSK word?
Yes. 教训 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 教训 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 教训 is written 教訓.
Is 教训 negative when used about a person?
Yes, usually. 教训他 (jiàoxùn tā) means to scold him or teach him a lesson, and in casual speech it can even hint at roughing someone up. It is not a neutral word for teaching.
Why is it sometimes written jiàoxun with a neutral tone?
In everyday speech, especially for the verb meaning to scold, the second syllable is often said lightly as jiàoxun. Saying jiàoxùn with a full fourth tone is also correct and common.