Meaning
体验 means to personally go through or try something in order to gain direct knowledge or feeling about it. It emphasizes the firsthand, sensory, or emotional nature of an experience rather than just knowing about it intellectually. As a noun, it refers to the experience itself that one gains through direct participation.
Usage
体验 is commonly used in marketing, education, and tourism contexts to emphasize hands-on or immersive experiences. It often appears with 生活 (life), 文化 (culture), or activities like 体验课 (trial class). More refined than simply 经历 (to go through), it suggests intentional engagement to understand something better.
Examples
- 01我想体验一下农村生活。.I want to experience rural life.
- 02这次旅行给了我很特别的体验。.This trip gave me a very special experience.
Characters
Measure words
- 次一次难忘的体验
- 种一种新的体验
Common collocations
- 体验生活to experience life
- 体验课trial class
- 用户体验user experience
- 亲身体验to experience personally/firsthand
Antonyms
Origin
The word combines 体 (body/embodiment) with 验 (to test/verify), suggesting knowledge gained through bodily engagement and testing rather than abstract learning.