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Chinese symbol for “tryout”

试镜
shì jìng
Traditional: 試鏡
to take a screen test; to audition; screen test; audition

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tryout is 试镜 (shì jìng), defined as: to take a screen test; to audition; screen test; audition; tryout.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

试 shì
to try, to experiment; exam, test
radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes
镜 jìng
mirror, glass; lens, glasses
radical 167 ⾦ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 试镜.

WordPinyinMeaning
测试 (測試)cè shìto test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area)
考试 (考試)kǎo shìto take an exam; exam
试图 (試圖)shì túto attempt; to try
尝试 (嘗試)cháng shìto try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)
试验 (試驗)shì yànexperiment; test
面试 (面試)miàn shìto be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
镜头 (鏡頭)jìng tóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)
眼镜 (眼鏡)yǎn jìngspectacles; eyeglasses

See also: Japanese symbol for “tryout”.

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.