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试
試
shì
1.
to test
2.
to try
3.
experiment
4.
examination
5.
test
HSK 3
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
初试
chūshì
preliminary exam
加试
jiāshì
to add material to an exam
口试
kǒushì
oral examination
尝试
chángshì
to try
廷试
tíngshì
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
应试
yìngshì
to take an exam
春试
chūnshì
metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)
会试
huìshì
metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
核试
héshì
nuclear weapons test
殿试
diànshì
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
比试
bǐshì
to have a competition
测试
cèshì
to test (machinery etc)
甄试
zhēnshì
selection test
秋试
qiūshì
autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing)
笔试
bǐshì
written examination
策试
cèshì
imperial exam involving writing essay on policy [[策論|策论<cèlùn>]]
考试
kǎoshì
to take an exam
复试
fùshì
to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
试乘
shìchéng
test drive
试作
shìzuò
to attempt
Example Sentences (4)
原来鼓励和表扬对小孩儿挺有用的，下次我也试试。
Yuánlái gǔlì hé biǎoyáng duì xiǎoháir tǐng yǒuyòng de, xiàcì wǒ yě shìshi.
Turns out encouragement and praise are quite useful for kids. I'll try it next time, too.
Text 3
原来鼓励和表扬对小孩儿挺有用的，下次我也试试。
Yuánlái gǔlì hé biǎoyáng duì xiǎoháir tǐng yǒuyòng de, xiàcì wǒ yě shìshi.
Turns out encouragement and praise are quite useful for kids. I'll try it next time, too.
Text 3
每天早上我都把当天计划要做的事情写在笔记本上，提醒自己安排好时间。你也可以试试这样做。
Měitiān zǎoshang wǒ dōu bǎ dāngtiān jìhuà yào zuò de shìqing xiě zài bǐjìběn shàng, tíxǐng zìjǐ ānpái hǎo shíjiān. Nǐ yě kěyǐ shìshi zhèyàng zuò.
Every morning I write down the things I plan to do that day in my notebook to remind myself to manage my time well. You can try this too.
Text 2
每天早上我都把当天计划要做的事情写在笔记本上，提醒自己安排好时间。你也可以试试这样做。
Měitiān zǎoshang wǒ dōu bǎ dāngtiān jìhuà yào zuò de shìqing xiě zài bǐjìběn shàng, tíxǐng zìjǐ ānpái hǎo shíjiān. Nǐ yě kěyǐ shìshi zhèyàng zuò.
Every morning I write down the things I plan to do that day in my notebook to remind myself to manage my time well. You can try this too.
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 642
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,019 of 84,292