試

shì

Novice Level 2 ★ Core word
Verb

試 (shì) is a Chinese word meaning “to test”. It sits at TOCFL Level 2 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to test
  2. to try
  3. experiment
  4. examination
  5. test

Stroke order

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Example

你可以試試這件衣服。

You can try on this piece of clothing.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).