試
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shì · to try, to experiment

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Shape and proportion

13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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言Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 試

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Example sentences

Notice where 試 sits in each complete thought.

Cháng shì zài xià yí cì zuò dé gèng hǎo.嘗試在下一次做得更好。

Try and do better next time.

Source: Tatoeba #798244 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì le, dàn wǒ méi yǒu chéng gōng.我試了,但我沒有成功。

I tried, but I did not succeed.

Source: Tatoeba #6132397 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì zhù bú qù xiǎng le.我試著不去想了。

I try not to think about it.

Source: Tatoeba #738378 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā cháng shì le xū duō bù tóng de fāng fǎ.他嘗試了許多不同的方法。

He tried many different methods.

Source: Tatoeba #1383464 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Kuài yào kǎo qī mò shì le, suǒ yǐ wǒ hěn máng.快要考期末試了,所以我很忙。

I'm busy because the finals are drawing on.

Source: Tatoeba #350688 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì le shì zài dì bǎn shàng shuì jué.他試了試在地板上睡覺。

He tried to sleep on the floor.

Source: Tatoeba #6093329 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 試 in context

  1. Say shì, then recall the core meaning: to try, to experiment.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 試 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.