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shì
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

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

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 8870261)

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Words Containing 试

试播
shì bō

trial broadcast

核试验
hé shì yàn

nuclear test

巴氏试验
bā shì shì yàn

Pap test (medicine)

试探性
shì tàn xìng

exploratory; tentative

试用品
shì yòng pǐn

trial product

应试教育
yìng shì jiào yù

exam-oriented education

核试
hé shì

nuclear weapons test

试镜
shì jìng

to take a screen test

试管婴儿
shì guǎn yīng ér

test tube baby

廷试
tíng shì

court examination, the top grade imperial exam

碱试法
jiǎn shì fǎ

alkali test

小试牛刀
xiǎo shì niú dāo

to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)

试映
shì yìng

preview (of a movie)

复试
fù shì

to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam

跃跃欲试
yuè yuè yù shì

to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)

试验间
shì yàn jiān

test room

测试器
cè shì qì

testing apparatus

地下核试验
dì xià hé shì yàn

underground nuclear test

商务汉语考试
shāng wù hàn yǔ kǎo shì

Business Chinese Test (BCT)

考试
kǎo shì

to take an exam

试婚
shì hūn

trial marriage

试场
shì chǎng

exam room

受试者
shòu shì zhě

subject (in an experiment)

春试
chūn shì

metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)

重试
chóng shì

to retry

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)

试验
shì yàn

experiment

及锋而试
jí fēng ér shì

lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak

以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ

to challenge the law (idiom)

试种
shì zhòng

test planting

试金石
shì jīn shí

touchstone

试射
shì shè

to test-fire

全面禁止核试验条约
quán miàn jìn zhǐ hé shì yàn tiáo yuē

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

试管受孕
shì guǎn shòu yùn

in vitro fertilisation

妊娠试验
rèn shēn shì yàn

pregnancy test

试读
shì dú

to read a sample chapter of a book

试验性
shì yàn xìng

experimental

试表
shì biǎo

to take temperature

牛刀小试
niú dāo xiǎo shì

see 小試牛刀|小试牛刀[xiǎo shì niú dāo]

试卷
shì juàn

examination paper

试衣间
shì yī jiān

fitting room

测试
cè shì

to test (machinery etc)

试工
shì gōng

to work for a trial period

应试
yìng shì

to take an exam

院试
yuàn shì

the last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties

试听
shì tīng

audition

试算表
shì suàn biǎo

spreadsheet

殿试
diàn shì

court examination, the top grade imperial exam

考试卷
kǎo shì juàn

exam paper

会试
huì shì

metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)

试题
shì tí

exam question

试作
shì zuò

to attempt

试药族
shì yào zú

people who participate in clinical trials

秋试
qiū shì

autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing)

试制
shì zhì

to try out a new product (or manufacturing process)

试杯
shì bēi

Petri dish

试吃品
shì chī pǐn

food sample

联调联试
lián tiáo lián shì

debugging and commissioning

试图
shì tú

to attempt

口试
kǒu shì

oral examination

试客
shì kè

user of shareware or demo software

试问
shì wèn

I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically)

大气层核试验
dà qì céng hé shì yàn

atmospheric nuclear test

试水
shì shuǐ

to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc)

皮试
pí shì

(medicine) skin test

预试
yù shì

pretest

试剂
shì jì

reagent

科举考试
kē jǔ kǎo shì

imperial examinations (in former times)

笔试
bǐ shì

written examination

试手
shì shǒu

to work for a trial period

比试
bǐ shì

to have a competition

乡试
xiāng shì

the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing

试管
shì guǎn

test tube

试水温
shì shuǐ wēn

to test the waters

核试验场
hé shì yàn chǎng

nuclear test site

府试
fǔ shì

prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties

屡试不爽
lǚ shì bù shuǎng

well-tried

中试
zhòng shì

to pass a test

试金
shì jīn

assay

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 native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994

试试看
shì shì kàn

to give it a try

汉语水平考试
hàn yǔ shuǐ píng kǎo shì

HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)

闭卷考试
bì juàn kǎo shì

closed-book examination

调试
tiáo shì

to debug

中试
zhōng shì

pilot test (in product development etc)

编班考试
biān bān kǎo shì

placement test

试镜头
shì jìng tóu

screen test

甄别考试
zhēn bié kǎo shì

to screen

试验场
shì yàn chǎng

experimental station

测试和材料协会
cè shì hé cái liào xié huì

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

试饮
shì yǐn

to taste (wine etc)

试一试
shì yī shì

to have a try

面试
miàn shì

to be interviewed (as a candidate)

试做
shì zuò

to try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out

水下核试验
shuǐ xià hé shì yàn

underwater nuclear test

试乘
shì chéng

test drive

流体核试验
liú tǐ hé shì yàn

hydronuclear explosion (HNE)

核试验堆
hé shì yàn duī

nuclear test reactor

试衣
shì yī

to try on (clothes)

初试身手
chū shì shēn shǒu

to have a try

试演
shì yǎn

audition

试用本
shì yòng běn

inspection copy (of a textbook etc)

试车
shì chē

to test drive

试炼
shì liàn

to refine with fire

会士考试
huì shì kǎo shì

agrégation (exam for teaching diploma in French universities)

试点
shì diǎn

test point

试用
shì yòng

to try sth out

核试爆
hé shì bào

a nuclear test

试行
shì xíng

to try out

试航
shì háng

test flight (of aircraft)

试飞员
shì fēi yuán

test pilot

试穿
shì chuān

to try wearing clothes

试着
shì zhe

(coll.) to try to

试探
shì tàn

to sound out

尝试
cháng shì

to try; to attempt

考试院
kǎo shì yuàn

Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan

甄试
zhēn shì

selection test

点滴试验
diǎn dī shì yàn

spot check

试用期
shì yòng qī

trial period

试液
shì yè

reagent

试样
shì yàng

style

考试卷子
kǎo shì juàn zi

see 考試卷|考试卷[kǎo shì juàn]

试爆
shì bào

trial explosion

戳穿试验
chuō chuān shì yàn

puncture test

试想
shì xiǎng

to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – \Think about it: ...\)

策试
cè shì

imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論|策论[cè lùn]

初试
chū shì

preliminary exam

加试
jiā shì

to add material to an exam

禁止核武器试验条约
jìn zhǐ hé wǔ qì shì yàn tiáo yuē

nuclear test ban treaty

试办
shì bàn

to try sth out

石蕊试纸
shí ruǐ shì zhǐ

litmus paper (chemistry)

试听带
shì tīng dài

demo recording (music)

试销
shì xiāo

trial sale