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試: test; try

By June 3, 2016January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

試 [试] shì

verb
: style, system, type
: form; pattern
: formula, rule

Kun Reading

試し | ためし tameshi

noun
: trial; test

試す | ためす tamesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to attempt; to test; to try out

試み | こころみ kokoromi

noun
: trial; experiment

試みる | こころみる kokoromiru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to try; to test

On Reading

シ shi

 Usage:

試卷 shi4juan4: examination paper; test paper
試驗 [试验] shi4yan4: experiment; test; to experiment; experimental
[試験 | しけん shiken: examination; test; study; trial; experiment]

試驗場 [试验场] shi4yan4 chang3: experimental station
試験場 | しけんじょう shikenjou: examination hall (room); laboratory

試圖 [试图] shi4tu2: to attempt; to try
試用 shi4yong4: to try something out; on probation
[試用 | しよう shiyou: trial; experimental use]

試用期 [试用期] shi4 yong4 qi1: trial period; probation

試行 shi4xing2: to try out; to test
[試行 | しこう shikou: making an attempt; trial run]
考試 kao3shi4: to take an exam; exam

閉卷考試 [闭卷考试] bi4 juan4 kao3 shi4: closed-book examination

測試 [测试] ce4shi4: to test (machinery etc); to test (students); test; quiz; exam; beta (software)
口試 kou3shi4: oral examination; oral test
筆試 [笔试] bi3shi4: written examination
[試筆 | しひつ shihitsu: first writing (of the New Year)]
嘗試 [尝试] chang2shi4: to try; to attempt
試吃品 [试吃品] shi4 chi1 pin3: food sample

試食 | ししょく shishoku: sampling food



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
他流試合 | たりゅうじあい taryuu jiai
: (yoji) contest between different schools (of fencing, etc.)

壮行試合 | そうこうじあい soukou jiai
: (yoji) send-off game (match)

物は試し | ものはためし mono wa tameshi
: (proverb) the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don’t knock it till you’ve tried it

試験を受ける | しけんをうける shiken o ukeru
: to sit for an examination



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
以身試法 [以身试法] yi3 shen1 shi4 fa3
: to challenge the law; to knowingly violate the law

及鋒而試 [及锋而试] ji2 feng1 er2 shi4
: lit. to reach the tip and try; to have a go when at one’s peak

躍躍欲試 [跃跃欲试] yue4 yue4 yu4 shi4
: to be eager to give something a try

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
言 (yan2: speech radical 149) suggests the meaning while
(shi4: style, form, rule) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
试. Derived from generic radical simplification #1 (訁言 » 讠).



 Examples:

とにかく、試験が終わってほっとしたよ。
とにかく、しけんがおわってほっとしたよ tonikaku, shiken ga owatte hotto shitayo
Anyhow, I’m relieved the test is over.

 
妳試試看這個蛋糕。
ni3 shi4shi4 kan1 zhe4ge dan4gao1
Give this cake a try.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary