Chinese symbol for “inspect”
检验
jiǎn yàn
Traditional: 檢驗
to inspect; to examine; to test
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inspect is 检验 (jiǎn yàn), defined as: to inspect; to examine; to test.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “inspect”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 考察 | kǎo chá | to inspect; to observe and study |
| 检察 (檢察) | jiǎn chá | to inspect; (law) to prosecute |
| 视察 (視察) | shì chá | to inspect; an investigation |
| 巡视 (巡視) | xún shì | to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes |
| 阅 (閱) | yuè | to inspect; to review |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 检验.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 检查 (檢查) | jiǎn chá | inspection; to examine |
| 检测 (檢測) | jiǎn cè | to test; to detect |
| 检察院 (檢察院) | jiǎn chá yuàn | prosecutor's office; procuratorate |
| 检察 (檢察) | jiǎn chá | to inspect; (law) to prosecute |
| 检察官 (檢察官) | jiǎn chá guān | public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) |
| 经验 (經驗) | jīng yàn | experience; to go through; to experience |
| 实验 (實驗) | shí yàn | experiment; test |
| 体验 (體驗) | tǐ yàn | to experience for oneself |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inspect”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.