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试

shì

HSK 4 Character Traditional 試

What 试 means

1. to test
2. to try
3. experiment
4. examination
5. test

Example sentences

• 我试试。
  I will give it a try.
• 试一试！
  Try!
• 试试吧。
  Try some.
• 试试看。
  Try it out.
• 考试加油！
  Kǎoshì jiāyóu!
  Good luck on your test.
• 再试一次。
  Try it once again.

Words starting with 试

• 试卷shì juànexamination paper; test paper
• 试图shì túto attempt; to try
• 试验shì yànexperiment; test; to experiment
• 试题shì tíexam question; test topic
• 试点shì diǎntest point; to carry out trial; pilot scheme
• 试用shì yòngto try sth out; to be on probation
• 试探shì tànto sound out; to probe; to feel out
• 试试看shì shì kànto give it a try
• 试用期shì yòng qītrial period; probationary period
• 试想shì xiǎngto consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")
• 试听shì tīngaudition; to give sb an audition; to check by listening
• 试行shì xíngto try out; to test
• 试问shì wènI would like to ask (usually used rhetorically); one might well ask
• 试穿shì chuānto try wearing clothes; fitting trial
• 试水shì shuǐto run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc); (fig.) to test the waters…
• 试车shì chēto test drive; a trial run
• 试探性shì tàn xìngexploratory; tentative
• 试管shì guǎntest tube
• 试制shì zhìto try out a new product (or manufacturing process); prototype; trial product
• 试剂shì jìreagent
• 试衣间shì yī jiānfitting room
• 试作shì zuòto attempt; test run
• 试做shì zuòto try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out; to experiment
• 试场shì chǎngexam room

Words containing 试

• 考试kǎo shìto take an exam; exam
• 尝试cháng shìto try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)
• 测试cè shìto test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test
• 面试miàn shìto be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
• 笔试bǐ shìwritten examination; paper test (for an applicant)
• 应试yìng shìto take an exam; (of an education system) to be exam-oriented
• 复试fù shìto sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
• 口试kǒu shìoral examination; oral test
• 调试tiáo shìto debug; to adjust components during testing; debugging
• 初试chū shìpreliminary exam; qualifying exam; first try
• 跃跃欲试yuè yuè yù shìto be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
• 比试bǐ shìto have a competition; to measure with one's hand or arm; to make a gesture of measuring
• 加试jiā shìto add material to an exam; supplementary exam
• 核试验hé shì yànnuclear test
• 会试huì shìmetropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
• 屡试不爽lǚ shì bù shuǎngwell-tried; time-tested
• 中试zhōng shìpilot test (in product development etc)
• 府试fǔ shìprefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination…
• 核试hé shìnuclear test
• 策试cè shìimperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策论
• 重试chóng shìto retry; to try again
• 院试yuàn shìthe last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and…
• 预试yù shìpretest
• 受试者shòu shì zhěsubject (in an experiment); participant (in a clinical trial etc)

Characters built on 式

These share the phonetic component 式 (shì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 拭shìto wipe
• 弑shìto murder a superior; to murder one's parent
• 轼shì(literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot…

Characters that look like 试

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 俄ésuddenly; very soon
• 诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 诫jiècommandment; to prohibit
• 诡guǐ(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…
• 诋dǐto defame; to slander

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼
• 柿persimmon