试
to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #607 U+8BD5
How 试 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 式 (phonetic, shì)
How to remember it
test · Heisig RSH #360
式 style + 言 say
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 式
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 式 (shì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 式 sound component | shì | formula, pattern, rule, style, system |
| 拭 | shì | to wipe away stains with a cloth |
| 弑 | shì | patricide, matricide |
| 轼 | shì | carriage crossbar |
Words containing 试
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 试手儿 | shì shǒu r | erhua variant of 試手|试手[shi4 shou3] |
| 大学入学指定科目考试 | Dà xué Rù xué Zhǐ dìng Kē mù Kǎo shì | Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level kn… |
| 试金石 | shì jīn shí | touchstone; fig. test that sth is genuine |
| 以身试法 | yǐ shēn shì fǎ | to challenge the law (idiom); to knowingly violate the law |
| 试用本 | shì yòng běn | inspection copy (of a textbook etc); trial edition |
| 普通话水平测试 | Pǔ tōng huà Shuǐ píng Cè shì | Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for nat… |
| 汉语水平考试 | Hàn yǔ Shuǐ píng Kǎo shì | HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) |
| 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 | Pǔ tōng Gāo děng Xué xiào Zhāo shēng Quán guó Tǒng yī Kǎo shì | NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC); usually abbr. … |
| 试水 | shì shuǐ | to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc); (fig.) to test the waters; to… |
| 中试 | zhōng shì | pilot test (in product development etc) |
| 中试 | zhòng shì | to pass a test |
| 海试 | hǎi shì | sea trial (of a vessel) |
| 试金 | shì jīn | assay |
| 试行 | shì xíng | to try out; to test |
| 会试 | huì shì | metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination) |
| 试手 | shì shǒu | to work for a trial period; worker on probation |
| 面试官 | miàn shì guān | interviewer |
| 面试 | miàn shì | to be interviewed (as a candidate); interview |
| 试用期 | shì yòng qī | trial period; probationary period |
| 小试牛刀 | xiǎo shì niú dāo | to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom) |