Chinese symbol for “test”
测试
cè shì
Traditional: 測試
to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for test is 测试 (cè shì), defined as: to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “test”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 试 (試) | shì | to test; to try |
| 检测 (檢測) | jiǎn cè | to test; to detect |
| 考验 (考驗) | kǎo yàn | to test; to put to the test |
| 测验 (測驗) | cè yàn | test; to test |
| 检定 (檢定) | jiǎn dìng | a test; determination |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 测试.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 预测 (預測) | yù cè | to forecast; to predict |
| 检测 (檢測) | jiǎn cè | to test; to detect |
| 测量 (測量) | cè liáng | survey; to measure |
| 监测 (監測) | jiān cè | to monitor |
| 观测 (觀測) | guān cè | to observe; to survey |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “test”.
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.