00586 Chinese character of 試 and pronounce si3

The Chinese character【試】that I will teach you this time is a word that describes an action or experience. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Try or test. Explanation: (1) Preliminary and experimental. Such as: “trial”, “try on”, “test flight”, “try out”. (2) Test. For example: “oral test”, “written test”, “examination”, “test paper”.

Here is the phonetic guide for pronouncing this Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【試】:shì

Cantonese Jyutping of 【試】:si3

Below, you’ll find general facts about the Chinese character 【試】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【試】, for example:Describing an action or experience , It means mainly to try or test.The richness of Chinese characters allows for a wide range of meanings, some of which may be too complex to be fully explained here.

【試】is a word that, when joined with additional words, constructs more precise phrases, like【測試、嘗試】(Mandarin Pinyin:cè shì 、cháng shì/ Cantonese Jyutping:caak1 si3 、soeng4 si3)

To form this character, you need 13 strokes,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,Here is a single example incorporating this character.:


他試著用新的方法解決問題。

He tried new ways to solve problems.


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