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
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
形声 Pictophonetic.
言 (yan2: speech radical 149) suggests the meaning while
式 (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.
