试

shì

to test

to try; experiment; examination; test

speech (讠) + style/form (式) = test with words

The speech radical anchors the idea of verbal examination or spoken questioning. 式 primarily gives the sound shì; the meaning comes from putting your words to the test.

讠+式→试
式StylePhonetic
讠SpeechSemantic

你可以先试一下这双鞋。

nǐ kě yǐ xiān shì yī xià zhè shuāng xié。

You can try on this pair of shoes first.

他想试试新的方法来解决这个问题。

tā xiǎng shì shi xīn de fāng fǎ lái jiě jué zhè ge wèn tí。

He wants to try a new method to solve this problem.

Words with 试

试爆

shì bào

trial explosion

考试

kǎo shì

to take an exam

试水

shì shuǐ

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

试种

shì zhòng

test planting

初试

chū shì

preliminary exam

尝试

cháng shì

to try; to attempt

试管婴儿

shì guǎn yīng ér

test tube baby

重试

chóng shì

to retry

测试

cè shì

to test (machinery etc)

试题

shì tí

exam question

乡试

xiāng shì

the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing

闭卷考试

bì juàn kǎo shì

closed-book examination

More characters with 讠

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