試

shì

test, try, experiment

How to write 試, stroke by stroke

to test; to try; experiment; examination; test

Pictophonetic: semantic 言 (speech), phonetic 式

Made of 言 + 式

試圖shì túto attempt; to try
嘗試cháng shìto try; to attempt
測試cè shìto test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software)
試著shì zhe(coll.) to try to
試試看shì shì kànto give it a try
考試kǎo shìto take an exam; exam
試驗shì yànexperiment; test; to experiment; experimental
面試miàn shìto be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
試鏡shì jìngto take a screen test; to audition; screen test; audition; tryout
試一試shì yī shìto have a try
會試huì shìmetropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
試探shì tànto sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out

我試著不去想了。
wǒ shì zhù bú qù xiǎng le 。
I try not to think about it.
我試了，但我沒有成功。
wǒ shì le ， dàn wǒ méi yǒu chéng gōng 。
I tried, but I did not succeed.
嘗試在下一次做得更好。
cháng shì zài xià yí cì zuò dé gèng hǎo 。
Try and do better next time.
我放完暑假馬上就要考試了。
wǒ fàng wán shǔ jià mǎ shàng jiù yào kǎo shì le 。
I'll have exams right after the summer holidays.
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