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Chinese symbol for “laboratory”

实验室
shí yàn shì
Traditional: 實驗室
laboratory; 间 (jiān)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for laboratory is 实验室 (shí yàn shì), defined as: laboratory; 间 (jiān).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

实 shí
real, true; honest, sincere
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
验 yàn
to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify
radical 187 ⾺ · 10 strokes
室 shì
house, home; room, chamber
radical 40 ⼧ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “laboratory”

WordPinyinMeaning
实验所 (實驗所)shí yàn suǒlaboratory; institute

Related words

Other words that share a character with 实验室.

WordPinyinMeaning
其实 (其實)qí shíactually; in fact; really
实现 (實現)shí xiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
实施 (實施)shí shīto implement; to carry out
实际 (實際)shí jìreality; practice
确实 (確實)què shíindeed; really
事实 (事實)shì shífact; 个 (gè)
经验 (經驗)jīng yànexperience; to go through; to experience
实验 (實驗)shí yànexperiment; test
办公室 (辦公室)bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises

See also: Japanese symbol for “laboratory”.

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.

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