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试用

shì yòng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 試用

试用 (shì yòng) means "to try sth out; to be on probation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 试用 means

1. to try sth out
2. to be on probation

The characters in 试用

• 试shìto test; to try; experiment
• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…

Example sentences

• 我尝试用左手写字。
  I tried writing with my left hand.

Words starting with 试用

• 试用期shì yòng qītrial period; probationary period
• 试用品shì yòng pǐntrial product
• 试用本shì yòng běninspection copy (of a textbook etc); trial edition

Sounds the same

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

• 适用to be applicable

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì yòng correctly.
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