检 (jiǎn): to check, to examine, to inspect
检 (jiǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “to check.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 佥 (phonetic). It ranks #731 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 检 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- to check
- to examine
- to inspect
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 检
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 检查verb | jiǎn chá | inspection | 3 |
| 检测verb | jiǎn cè | to detect | 6 |
| 检验verb | jiǎn yàn | to inspect | 6 |
| 检票verb | jiǎn piào | to inspect a ticket | 3 |
| 体检verb | tǐ jiǎn | abbr. for 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2] | 4 |
| 安检verb | ān jiǎn | security check (abbr. for 安全檢查|安全检查[an1 quan2 jian3 cha2]) | 4 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 检察官 | jiǎn chá guān | public prosecutor |
| 检察院 | jiǎn chá yuàn | prosecutor's office |
| 检查员 | jiǎn chá yuán | inspector |
| 检举 | jiǎn jǔ | to report (an offense to the authorities) |
| 检查站 | jiǎn chá zhàn | checkpoint |
| 检索 | jiǎn suǒ | to retrieve (data) |
| 药检 | yào jiǎn | drugs test (e.g. on athletes) |
| 检察 | jiǎn chá | to inspect |
| 检点 | jiǎn diǎn | to examine |
| 检疫 | jiǎn yì | quarantine |
| 检阅 | jiǎn yuè | to inspect |
| 检修 | jiǎn xiū | to overhaul |
| 检讨 | jiǎn tǎo | to examine or inspect |
| 检测器 | jiǎn cè qì | detector |
| 年检 | nián jiǎn | annual inspection |
检 appears in 100 compound words: 42 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 检 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
安检人员仔细检查了每一件行李，确保安全。
Ānjiǎn rényuán zǐxì jiǎnchá le měi yī jiàn xíngli, quèbǎo ānquán.
Security personnel carefully checked every piece of luggage to ensure safety.
美TSA:机场安检PreCheck计划继续运行
měi T S A : jī chǎng ān jiǎn P r e C h e c k jì huá jì xù yùn háng
TSA: The airport security PreCheck program continues to operate
纵管处启动鲤鱼潭水域安全全面检讨 将与地方协力强化管理机制
zòng guǎn chǔ qǐ dòng lǐ yú tán shuǐ yù ān quán quán miàn jiǎn tǎo jiāng yǔ dì fāng xié lì qiáng huà guǎn lǐ jī zhì
The longitudinal management office launched a comprehensive review of the safety of Liyutan waters and will work with local governments to strengthen the management mechanism
新春走基层|货运列车检车员:迟来的团圆,只为让更多..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng huò yùn liè chē jiǎn chē yuán : chí lái de tuán yuán , zhī wéi ràng gēng duō . .
Freight train inspector: belated reunion, just to let more:
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... Good news in Spring Festival! The world's first lightweight quantitative liver fat ...
超标近2000倍 日本石川县一处地下水检出高浓度有..
chāo biāo jìn bèi rì běn shí chuān xiàn yī chǔ dì xià shuǐ jiǎn chū gāo nóng dù yǒu . .
Nearly 2,000 times the limit, a groundwater in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, was found to have high concentrations of...
先生，我们可以检查一下您的行李吗？
Xiānsheng, wǒmen kěyǐ jiǎnchá yīxià nín de xíngli ma?
Sir, can we quickly inspect your luggage please?
你把购物单上的全都检查过了吗？
Nǐ bǎ gòuwù dān shàng de quándōu jiǎnchá guo le ma?
Did you check all the items on the shopping list?
你最近检查视力了吗？
Nǐ zuì jìn jiǎnchá shìlì le ma?
Have you had your eyesight checked recently?
我想检查一下我是否患了乳癌。
Wǒ xiǎng jiǎnchá yīxià wǒ shìfǒu huàn le rǔ'ái.
I'd like to have a test for breast cancer.
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