实验室

• Pinyin: shí yàn shì
• Hanzi breakdown: 实验 = experiment (实 real + 验 test); 室 = 宀 (roof) + 至 (arrive), meaning a room or chamber

Meaning

Laboratory; lab. A room or building equipped for scientific experiments and research.

The standard word for any kind of laboratory — from school chemistry labs to advanced research facilities. Common in education, science, and technology contexts. Collocations: 化学实验室 (chemistry lab), 物理实验室 (physics lab), 研究实验室 (research lab). Can refer to the physical room or the research group within it.

Examples

1. 这个实验室的设备非常先进。 The equipment in this laboratory is very advanced.
2. 学生不能一个人进实验室。 Students cannot enter the laboratory alone.
3. 他每天在实验室里工作到很晚。 He works in the laboratory until very late every day.

Usage Guide

Context: education, science, research, workplace

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 请在实验室里穿好白大褂。(Please put on your lab coat in the laboratory.)
• 实验室里不能吃东西。(You can't eat in the laboratory.)

Don't Say

• 我在家里的实验室做饭。(Don't call a kitchen an 实验室 — that is a humorous exaggeration. 实验室 refers to a proper scientific lab.)

Origin & History

实验 means experiment; 室 means room. Together: a room for experiments — a laboratory.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal