试 — Chinese character
试
shì
to try, to experiment; exam, test
- Pinyin
- shì
- Radical
- 149 ⾔ (Speech)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 讠 式
- Formation
- pictophonetic — speech; meaning component 讠; sound component 式
- Traditional
- 試
Common words with 试
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 测试 (測試) | cè shì | to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area) |
| 考试 (考試) | kǎo shì | to take an exam; exam |
| 试图 (試圖) | shì tú | to attempt; to try |
| 尝试 (嘗試) | cháng shì | to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it) |
| 试验 (試驗) | shì yàn | experiment; test |
| 面试 (面試) | miàn shì | to be interviewed (as a candidate); interview |
| 试点 (試點) | shì diǎn | test point; to carry out trial |
| 试着 (試著) | shì zhe | (coll.) to try to |
| 试试看 (試試看) | shì shì kàn | to give it a try |
| 试用 (試用) | shì yòng | to try sth out; to be on probation |
| 试行 (試行) | shì xíng | to try out; to test |
| 试探 (試探) | shì tàn | to sound out; to probe |
English words written with 试
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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