尝

尝 cháng in a sentence

Tastes (ever)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 11 sentences

尝 (cháng) means Tastes (ever). Below are 11 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

你 尝 尝 这个菜咸不咸。

Nǐ chángchang zhège cài xián bu xián.

Taste this dish and see whether it is salty.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 尝

我第一次 尝 到这么甜的葡萄。

Wǒ dì yī cì cháng dào zhème tián de pútao.

It is the first time I have tasted grapes this sweet.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 尝

请品 尝 一下这道菜。

Qǐng pǐncháng yíxià zhè dào cài.

Please try this dish.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 品尝

年轻人要勇于 尝 试。

Niánqīngrén yào yǒngyú chángshì.

Young people should be brave enough to try.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勇于

我们 尝 了当地的小吃。

Wǒmen cháng le dāngdì de xiǎochī.

We tried the local snacks.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 当地

我们 尝 了几道特色菜。

Wǒmen cháng le jǐ dào tèsè cài.

We tried several speciality dishes.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 特色

他细细品 尝 着新泡的茶。

Tā xìxì pǐnchángzhe xīn pào de chá.

He savoured the freshly brewed tea.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 品尝

不妨大胆 尝 试一下新的方法。

Bùfáng dàdǎn chángshì yíxià xīn de fāngfǎ.

There is no harm in boldly trying a new method.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 尝试

总而言之,这次 尝 试是值得的。

Zǒngéryánzhī, zhè cì chángshì shì zhíde de.

In short, this attempt was worthwhile.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 总而言之

第一次 尝 试失败了,但他没有放弃。

Dì yī cì chángshì shībài le, dàn tā méiyǒu fàngqì.

The first attempt failed, but he did not give up.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 尝试

看到那道菜,我恨不得立刻 尝 一口。

Kàndào nà dào cài, wǒ hèn bu de lìkè cháng yì kǒu.

Seeing that dish, I was dying to take a bite at once.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恨不得

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Words that contain 尝

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Questions about 尝

How is 尝 used in a sentence?

This page shows 11 sentences using 尝 (cháng, "Tastes (ever)"), 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 尝 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 尝 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 尝 an HSK word?

Yes — 尝 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 尝?

The dictionary page for 尝 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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