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试作

shì zuò

2-character word Traditional 試作

What 试作 means

1. to attempt
2. test run

The characters in 试作

• 试shìto test; to try; experiment
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign

Example sentences

• 你应该知道要为考试作准备。
  You should have known better than to take an examination without preparing for it.

Sounds the same

Read shì zuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 视作to regard as; to treat as
• 试做to try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out; to experiment

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