Chinese symbol for “examination”
试
shì
Traditional: 試
to test; to try; experiment; examination
The closest CC-CEDICT match for examination is 试 (shì), defined as: to test; to try; experiment; examination; test.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “examination”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 审酌 (審酌) | shěn zhuó | examination; to check and review |
| 勘验 (勘驗) | kān yàn | to investigate; examination |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “examination”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.