试 (試) shì

1. shì verb to attempt; to try
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 尝试 (CC-CEDICT '試'; Guoyu '試' v 2; Kroll 2015 '試' 3, p. 418; Unihan '試'; XHZD '试' 1, p. 682)
2. shì verb to test; to experiment
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '試'; Guoyu '試' v 3; Unihan '試'; XHZD '试' 1, p. 682)
3. shì verb to employ; to use
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '試' 1, p. 418)
4. shì verb to taste
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '試' 2, p. 418)
5. shì verb to assess; to examine; to take a test
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 考验 (CC-CEDICT '試'; Guoyu '試' v 1; Kroll 2015 '試' 4, p. 418)
6. shì adjective provisional
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '試' 3a, p. 418)
7. shì verb a test
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 口试 an oral test (CC-CEDICT '試'; Guoyu '試' n)

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• 试爆(試爆) trial explosion
• 试镜头(試鏡頭) screen test
• 试剂(試劑) reagent
• 试车(試車) to test drive; a trial run
• 试样(試樣) style; type; model
• 预试(預試) pretest
• 试听带(試聽帶) demo recording
• 廷试(廷試) court examination
• 核试(核試) nuclear weapons test
• 碱试法(鹼試法) alkali test
• 试作(試作) to attempt; test run
• 试衣间(試衣間) fitting room
• 试帖(試帖) examination notice
• 尝试(嘗試) to try; to attempt ; to probe; to explore
• 核试验堆(核試驗堆) nuclear test reactor
• 国家考试(國家考試) national examinations
• 试镜(試鏡) to take a screen test; to audition; screen test; audition; tryout
• 试婚(試婚) trial marriage; to live together before deciding whether to marry
• 试炼(試煉) to refine with fire
• 测试(測試) to test ; to take an exam
• 甄别考试(甄別考試) to screen; to grade by examination; screening; placement test
• 试液(試液) reagent; test solution; experimental liquid
• 核试验场(核試驗場) nuclear test site
• 汉语水平考试(漢語水平考試) HSK; Chinese Proficiency Test
• 试金(試金) assay
• 试种(試種) test planting; crop grown on a trial basis
• 全面禁止核试验条约(全面禁止核試驗條約) Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
• 复试(複試) to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
• 试行(試行) to attempt; to try out
• 试衣(試衣) to try on (clothes); fitting
• 试映(試映) preview (of a movie); trial screening
• 试验性(試驗性) experimental nature
• 试管婴儿(試管嬰兒) test tube baby
• 试管(試管) test tube
• 核试爆(核試爆) a nuclear test
• 试乘(試乘) test drive
• 试算表(試算表) spreadsheet
• 检定考试(檢定考試) exam for determination of scholastic attainment
• 试用本(試用本) inspection copy (of a textbook etc); trial edition
• 试读(試讀) to read a sample chapter of a book; to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis; to attend classes on a trial basis
• 地下核试验(地下核試驗) underground nuclear test
• 试飞员(試飛員) test pilot
• 戳穿试验(戳穿試驗) puncture test
• 试演(試演) audition; dress rehearsal; preview (of a theatrical performance); dummy run
• 试场(試場) exam room
• 妊娠试验(妊娠試驗) pregnancy test
• 禁止核武器试验条约(禁止核武器試驗條約) nuclear test ban treaty
• 试题(試題) exam question; test topic
• 试杯(試杯) Petri dish; test dish; trial slide
• 试点(試點) test point; to carry out trial; pilot scheme

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• 卷一百五十七 志第一百一十 選舉三 Volume 157 Treatises 110: Selection and appointment of Officials 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 326
• 卷一百五十六 志第一百〇九 選舉二 Volume 156 Treatises 109: Selection and appointment of Officials 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 247
• 卷五十一　志第三十二:　選舉一 進士諸科律科 經童科 制舉 武舉 試學士院官 司天、醫學試科 Volume 51 Treatises 32: Selection of Officials 1 - Jinshi in all Subjects and Legal Articles; Children Passing Examinations; Processes for Selecting Talented People; Successful Candidates in the Military Examinations; Institutions Administering Examinations; Astronomy Bureau; Examinations for Medicine History of Jin 金史 — count: 166
• 卷一百五十五 志第一百〇八 選舉一 Volume 155 Treatises 108: Selection and appointment of Officials 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 151
• 卷一百五十八 志第一百十一 選舉四 Volume 158 Treatises 111: Selection and appointment of Officials 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 67
• 卷八十一　志第三十一: 　選舉一 Volume 81 Treatises 34: Selection of Officials 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 64
• 卷七十 志第四十六 選舉二 Volume 70 Treatises 46: Selection of Officials 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 51
• 卷一百五十九 志第一百十二 選舉五 Volume 159 Treatises 112: Selection and appointment of Officials 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 43
• 卷一百六十五 志第一百十八 職官五 Volume 165 Treatises 118: Offical Posts 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 42
• 卷四十四　　　　志第三十四　　選舉志上 Volume 44 Treatises 39: Selecting and Appointing Officials 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 41

Collocations

• 请试 (請試) 我請試之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 可试 (可試) 可試以婦人乎 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孫子吳起列傳》 Biographies of Sun Tzu and Wu Qi — count: 4
• 王试 (王試) 王試度其功 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 4
• 试补 (試補) 諸買武功爵官首者試補吏 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 4
• 明试 (明試) 明試以功 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 4
• 试观 (試觀) 先生試觀起之為人也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十二　道應訓 Chapter 12: Responses of the Way — count: 4
• 试使 (試使) 試使山東之國與陳涉度長絜大 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 君试 (君試) 主君試召使於齊 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十二 奉使 Chapter 12: Receiving and Implementing Orders — count: 3
• 试求 (試求) 試求之故府 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 3
• 不待试 (不待試) 然而敵國不待試而詘 — Xunzi 荀子, 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary — count: 3