试 (shì) means Test (exam - to try - experiment). Below are 23 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我想 试 试 这个新办法。
Wǒ xiǎng shìshi zhège xīn bànfǎ.
I'd like to try this new method.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 试
这件衣服你可以 试 一下。
Zhè jiàn yīfu nǐ kěyǐ shì yíxià.
You can try this piece of clothing on.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 试
考 试 前要好好复习。
Kǎoshì qián yào hǎohǎo fùxí.
You should revise properly before the exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 复习
老师把关考 试 内容。
Lǎoshī bǎguān kǎoshì nèiróng.
The teacher checks the exam content.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 把关
菜单上的菜我都想 试 试 。
Càidān shàng de cài wǒ dōu xiǎng shìshi.
I want to try every dish on the menu.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 菜单
这次考 试 他的成绩很好。
Zhè cì kǎoshì tā de chéngjì hěn hǎo.
His results in this exam were very good.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 成绩
From the graded readers
面 试 我的一共有两个人。
miàn shì wǒ de(possessive) yīgòng yǒu liǎng gèrén.
Two people interviewed me.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
昨天我去参加了一个面 试 。
zuótiān wǒ qù cānjiā le / liǎo / liào yīgè miàn shì.
Yesterday I went to a job interview.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
去年我考 试 没考好，很难过。
qùnián wǒ kǎoshì méi kǎo hǎo / hào, hěn nán'guò.
Last year I did badly in an exam and felt terrible.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
为了这次面 试 ，我准备了整整一个星期。
wèile zhècì miàn shì, wǒ zhǔnbèi le / liǎo / liào zhěngzhěng yīgè xīngqī.
I'd prepared for a full week for it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
我想放弃，可是爸爸说：“再 试 一次。”
wǒ xiǎng fàngqì, kěshì bàba shuō:" zài shì yīcì."
I wanted to give up, but dad said, "One more go."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
现在我学会了一种说法：“这件事我帮不了，不过你可以 试 试 ……”
xiànzài wǒ xuéhuìle yī zhǒng / zhòng shuōfa:" zhèijiàn shì wǒ bāng bùliǎo, búguò nǐ kěyǐ shìshì……"
I've since learned a way to put it: "I can't help with this one, but you could try…"
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
From the travel phrasebook
可以先下 试 单吗？
Kěyǐ xiān xià shìdān ma?
Could we place a trial order first?
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
From the grammar library
我想 试 试 。
Wǒ xiǎng shìshi.
I'd like to give it a try.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Verb reduplication — 看看, 试试
明天就要考 试 了。
Míngtiān jiùyào kǎoshì le.
The exam is tomorrow already.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen
Words that contain 试
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 试
How is 试 used in a sentence?
This page shows 23 sentences using 试 (shì, "Test (exam - to try - experiment)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 试 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 试 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 试 an HSK word?
Yes — 试 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 试?
The dictionary page for 试 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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