Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 試

to test
to try
experiment
examination
test

Petri dish
test dish
trial slide

style
type
model

to try sth out
trial
pilot scheme

to add material to an exam
supplementary exam

to try wearing clothes
fitting trial

reagent

to work for a trial period
worker on probation

to sound out
to probe
to feel out
to try out

to try sth out
to be on probation

nuclear weapons test

(medicine) skin test

to retry
to try again

to be interviewed (as a candidate)
interview

trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤法／尝试错误法 (chángshìcuòwùfǎ))
to experiment (to see what works and what doesn't)

test tube

preview (of a movie)
trial screening

audition
dress rehearsal
preview (of a theatrical performance)
dummy run

trial explosion
nuclear test

trial sale
test marketing

pretest

assay

to take an exam

pilot test (in product development etc)

the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing

to attempt
test run

test planting
crop grown on a trial basis

to take an exam
exam
CL:次 (cì)

to test-fire
to conduct a missile test

(coll.) to try to

to attempt
to try

to take a screen test
to audition
screen test
audition
tryout

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

user of shareware or demo software

autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing)

reagent
test solution
experimental liquid

to try out (a game, toy etc)

court examination, the top grade imperial exam

metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)

to test drive
a trial run

to work for a trial period
worker on probation

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

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

preliminary exam
qualifying exam
first try
preliminary testing

to taste (wine etc)

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

test drive

exam room

test flight (of aircraft)
sea trial (of ship)

to have a competition
to measure with one's hand or arm
to make a gesture of measuring

oral examination
oral test

trial marriage
to live together before deciding whether to marry

to take temperature

to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc)
(fig.) to test the waters; to do (sth) on a trial basis

examination paper
test paper
CL:份 (fèn),張／张 (zhāng)

to test (machinery etc)
to test (a person's skill in a particular area)
a test
(computing) beta (version of software)

court examination, the top grade imperial exam

to try out a new product (or manufacturing process)
prototype
trial product

to try on (clothes)
fitting

experiment
test
CL:次 (cì),個／个 (gè)
to experiment
experimental

to pass a test

selection test
admission exam

to read a sample chapter of a book
to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis
to attend classes on a trial basis

audition
to give sb an audition
to check by listening

test point
to carry out trial
pilot scheme

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

written examination
paper test (for an applicant)

trial broadcast

to refine with fire

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

I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically)
one might well ask

to try out
to test

exam question
test topic

to debug
to adjust components during testing
debugging

imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論／策论 (cèlùn)

to try; to attempt
CL:次 (cì)

nuclear test

exploratory; tentative

experimental station

alkali test

subject (in an experiment)
participant (in a clinical trial etc)

erhua variant of 試手／试手 (shìshǒu)

people who participate in clinical trials

interviewer

to have a try

trial period
probationary period

test pilot

to give it a try

to test the waters

test room

a nuclear test

experimental

trial product

screen test

testing apparatus
monitoring device
checker
meter

fitting room

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

demo recording (music)

inspection copy (of a textbook etc)
trial edition

exam paper
test paper
CL:張／张 (zhāng)

food sample

spreadsheet
trial balance (accountancy)

touchstone
fig. test that sth is genuine

niúdāoxiǎoshì

see 小試牛刀／小试牛刀 (xiǎoshìniúdāo)

zhēnbiékǎoshì

to screen
to grade by examination
screening
placement test

chángshìcuòwù

to proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes

diǎndīshìyàn

spot check

liántiáoliánshì

debugging and commissioning
testing (of a whole system)

xiǎoshìniúdāo

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

shìguǎnshòuyùn

in vitro fertilisation
test tube fertilisation

huìshìkǎoshì

agrégation (exam for teaching diploma in French universities)

chūshìshēnshǒu

to have a try
to try one's hand
initial foray

lüshìbùshuǎng

well-tried
time-tested

héshìyànduī

nuclear test reactor

chuōchuānshìyàn

puncture test

bìjuànkǎoshì

closed-book examination

héshìyànchǎng

nuclear test site

kǎoshìjuànzi

see 考試卷／考试卷 (kǎoshìjuàn)

yìngshìjiàoyù

exam-oriented education
teaching to the test

jífēng'érshì

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

shíruǐshìzhǐ

litmus paper (chemistry)

Bāshìshìyàn

Pap test (medicine)

shìguǎnyīng'ér

test tube baby

yuèyuèyùshì

to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)

imperial examinations (in former times)

yǐshēnshìfǎ

to challenge the law (idiom)
to knowingly violate the law

rènshēnshìyàn

pregnancy test

biānbānkǎoshì

placement test

dìxiàhéshìyàn

地下核试验

[地下核試驗]

underground nuclear test

liútǐhéshìyàn

流体核试验

[流體核試驗]

hydronuclear explosion (HNE)

shuǐxiàhéshìyàn

水下核试验

[水下核試驗]

underwater nuclear test

Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì

汉语水平考试

[漢語水平考試]

HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)

Shāngwù Hànyǔ Kǎoshì

商务汉语考试

[商務漢語考試]

Business Chinese Test (BCT)

dàqìcénghéshìyàn

大气层核试验

[大氣層核試驗]

atmospheric nuclear test

kuàisùzhěnduàncèshì

快速诊断测试

[快速診斷測試]

rapid diagnostic test (RDT)

Pǔtōnghuà Shuǐpíng Cèshì

普通话水平测试

[普通話水平測試]

Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994

Quánmiàn Jìnzhǐ Héshìyàn Tiáoyuē

全面禁止核试验条约

[全面禁止核試驗條約]

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

jìnzhǐhéwǔqìshìyàntiáoyuē

禁止核武器试验条约

[禁止核武器試驗條約]

nuclear test ban treaty

Dàxué Rùxué Zhǐdìng Kēmù Kǎoshì

大学入学指定科目考试

[大學入學指定科目考試]

Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw)
abbr. to 指考 ( Zhǐkǎo)

Pǔtōng Gāoděng Xuéxiào Zhāoshēng Quánguó Tǒngyī Kǎoshì

普通高等学校招生全国统一考试

[普通高等學校招生全國統一考試]

NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC)
usually abbr. to 高考 (gāokǎo)