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HSK 6
HSK 2
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
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 642
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,019 of 84,292