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试图

shì tú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 試圖

试图 (shì tú) means "to attempt; to try". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 试图 means

1. to attempt
2. to try

The characters in 试图

• 试shìto test; to try; experiment
• 图túdiagram; picture; drawing

Example sentences

• 我试图逃跑。
  I tried to escape.
• 他试图自杀。
  He tried to kill himself.
• 狗正试图逃脱。
  Gǒu zhèng shìtú táotuō.
  The dog is trying to escape.
• 她试图安慰他。
  She tried to console him.
• 应该试图这个。
  This should be attempted.
• 他试图保护她。
  He tried to defend her.

Sounds the same

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

• 仕途official career (formal)
• 视图view

Where 试图 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shì (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì tú correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.