尝

cháng

taste; experience, experiment

How to write 尝, stroke by stroke

to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once; to taste; to experience (variant of 尝); old variant of 尝

Pictophonetic: semantic 云 (speak), phonetic 尚

Made of 尚 + 云

尝试cháng shìto try; to attempt
何尝hé cháng(rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...
未尝wèi chángnot ever; not necessarily
尝鲜cháng xiānto taste (fresh food or a delicacy); (fig.) to try sth new
饱尝bǎo chángto enjoy fully; to experience to the full over a long period
浅尝qiǎn chángto merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink); (fig.) to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)
尝粪cháng fènto taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety); to suck up to sb; to kiss ass
尝试错误cháng shì cuò wùto proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes
品尝pǐn chángvariant of 品尝
备尝辛苦bèi cháng xīn kǔ(idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships
未尝不可wèi cháng bù kě(idiom) acceptable; fine; okay
尝尽心酸cháng jìn xīn suānto experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)

我没力气继续尝试了。
wǒ méi lì qi jì xù cháng shì le 。
I don't have the strength to keep trying.
我以前从来没有尝过中餐。
wǒ yǐ qián cóng lái méi yǒu cháng guò zhōng cān 。
I've never eaten Chinese food before.
他们每周尝一次肉。
tā men měi zhōu cháng yí cì ròu 。
They eat meat once a week.
他尝了芝士蛋糕。
tā cháng le zhī shì dàn gāo 。
He tasted the cheesecake.
为什么不尝尝寿司？
wèi shén me bù cháng cháng shòu sī ？
Why don't you have some sushi?