Definition
试 (shì) is the general verb for 'to try' — trying on clothes, tasting food, testing a phone. It's broader than 尝 (cháng), which is specifically for tasting food/drink. 尝试 (cháng shì) is more formal and implies a deliberate attempt at something new or challenging.
verb
to tryto test
Easily confused
- 式shìlook-alike(suffix) -style; -type; -form; -pattern
- 是shìsound-aliketo be (linking verb, followed by a noun or noun phrase)
- 事shìsound-alikething; matter; affair
- 时shísound-alike(noun) time, period, season
- 使shǐsound-aliketo cause, to make (someone do something)
- 十shísound-aliketen
- 室shìsound-alikeroom (often as a suffix in compound words)
- 屎shǐsound-alikefeces; excrement; stool
- 市shìsound-alikecity
- 湿shīsound-alikewet, moist
Examples
- 试。Nǐ shì yíxià zhè jiàn yīfu ba.Try on this piece of clothing.
- 试，。Wǒ shì guo le, zhège cài bù hǎo chī.I've tried it, this dish isn't good.
- 试。Qǐng shì yíxià zhège xīn shǒ jī.Please try out this new phone.
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