培训 péixùn to cultivate
to cultivate; to train; to groom; training
How to remember 培训: 培 to cultivate + 训 to teach = to cultivate.
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How it is used
- 培训 (péixùn) means to train (in a job skill), and doubles as the noun "training" itself: 参加培训 (cānjiā péixùn, attend a training).
- Very common in workplace/education contexts: 培训班 (péixùnbān, training class/course), 岗前培训 (pre-job training), 员工培训 (staff training).
- Compare with 培养 (péiyǎng) - 培训 is concrete, skill-specific, and often institutional (a course you enroll in), while 培养 is about longer-term nurturing of a person's overall growth or a quality.
- Rarely used for raising children the way 培养 is - 培训 is for adult/professional skill instruction.