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试探

shì tàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 試探

试探 (shì tàn) means "to sound out; to probe; to feel out". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 试探 means

1. to sound out
2. to probe
3. to feel out
4. to try out

The characters in 试探

• 试shìto test; to try; experiment
• 探tànto explore; to search out; to scout

Example sentences

• 汤姆在试探我。
  Tāngmǔ zài shìtàn wǒ.
  Tom is testing me.
• 我们在天上的父，愿人都尊你的命为圣。愿你的国降临。愿你的旨意行在地上如同行在天上。我们日用的饮食，今日赐给我们，免我们的债，如同我们免了人的债，不叫我们遇见试探，救我们脱离凶恶。
  Wǒmen zài tiānshàng de fù, yuàn rén dōu zūn nǐ de mìng wèi shèng. yuàn nǐ de guó jiànglín. yuàn nǐ de zhǐyì xíng zài dìshàng rútóng xíng zài tiānshàng. wǒmen rìyòng de yǐnshí, jīnrì cìgěi wǒmen, miǎn wǒmen de zhài, rútóng wǒmen miǎn le rén de zhài, bù jiào wǒmen yùjiàn shìtàn, jiù wǒmen tuōlí xiōng'è.
  Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Words starting with 试探

• 试探性shì tàn xìngexploratory; tentative

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