尝 (嘗) cháng

1. cháng verb to taste
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 滋味 (Guoyu '嘗' v 1; Kroll 2015 '嘗' 1, p. 41; Mathews 1931 '嘗', p. 26; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 119)
2. cháng verb to attempt
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 试探 (Guoyu '嘗' v 2; Kroll 2015 '嘗' 1a, p. 41)
3. cháng verb to experience
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 经历 (Guoyu '嘗' v 3; Kroll 2015 '嘗' 1b, p. 41; Mathews 1931 '嘗', p. 26)
4. cháng adverb already; formerly; already; ever; once
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 嘗 is placed before a verb to indicate past tense in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '嘗' adv; Kroll 2015 '嘗' 2, p. 41; Mathews 1931 '嘗', p. 26; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 119). For example, 吾嘗聞之矣。'I have heard these points' (Mengzi: 5.2/25/16, translation by Legge)
5. cháng noun a ritual offering in the fall
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '嘗' n 1; Mathews 1931 '嘗', p. 26)
6. cháng proper noun Chang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '嘗' n 2)

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• 尝尝(嘗嘗) heard said
• 尝尽心酸(嘗盡心酸) to experience one's full share of sorrows
• 未尝不可(未嘗不可) to reason why not
• 何尝(何嘗) never has; hasn't yet
• 卧薪尝胆(臥薪嘗膽) lie on firewood and taste gall; to harden oneself for revenge
• 尝一尝(嘗一嘗) try a little
• 未尝不在(未嘗不在) never absentg
• 时尝病(時嘗病) often sick
• 尝试(嘗試) to try; to attempt ; to probe; to explore
• 浅尝(淺嚐) dilettante; amateur; to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)
• 浅尝辄止(淺嘗輒止) to dabble and stop; to dip into; to attempt half-heartedly ; to dabble and stop; to dip into; to attempt half-heartedly
• 何尝不是(何嘗不是) how could it be anything else?
• 祠禴尝烝(祠禴嘗烝) spring, summer, fall, and winter sacrifices
• 饱尝(飽嘗) to enjoy fully; to experience to the full
• 尝食(嘗食) to try food
• 浅尝者(淺嘗者) dilettante; amateur; dabbler
• 备尝辛苦(備嘗辛苦) to have suffered all kinds of hardships
• 尝巧(嘗巧) to test somebody's ability
• 品尝(品嘗) to taste
• 禴禘尝烝(禴禘嘗烝) ritual offerings at spring, summer, fall, and winter
• 尝闻(嘗聞) heard said
• 尝味(嘗味) to savor
• 尝过味道(嘗過味道) to experience
• 尝胆(嘗膽) to [desire to] taste revenge
• 尝粪(嘗糞) to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety); to suck up to sb
• 未尝(未嘗) not yet once; not yet ; not necessarily; not likely
• 烝尝(烝嘗) winter and autumn sacrifice
• 尝新(嘗新) to taste new offerings

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Collocations

• 姑尝 (姑嘗) 姑嘗本原若衆害之所自生 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III — count: 13
• 尝禘 (嘗禘) 嘗禘郊社 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 6
• 尝上 (嘗上) 尝上铏 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way — count: 4
• 享尝 (享嘗) 享嘗乃止 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《祭法》 The Law of Sacrifices — count: 4
• 秋尝 (秋嘗) 故春禘而秋嘗 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 4
• 尝本原 (嘗本原) 姑嘗本原若衆害之所自生 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛下 Book 4 - Universal Love III — count: 4
• 曰尝 (曰嘗) 秋曰嘗 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 先尝 (先嘗) 必正席先嘗之 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 10. 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang — count: 3
• 君尝 (君嘗) 且君嘗為晉君賜矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 尝学 (嘗學) 吾嘗學此矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3