| 試 | [ shì ] to test, to try, experiment, examination, test |
| 試一試 | [ shì yī shì ] to have a try |
| 試乘 | [ shì chéng ] test drive |
| 試作 | [ shì zuò ] to attempt, test run |
| 試做 | [ shì zuò ] to try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out, to experiment |
| 試劑 | [ shì jì ] reagent |
| 試卷 | [ shì juàn ] examination paper, test paper, CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1] |
| 試吃品 | [ shì chī pǐn ] food sample |
| 試問 | [ shì wèn ] I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically), one might well ask |
| 試圖 | [ shì tú ] to attempt, to try |
| 試場 | [ shì chǎng ] exam room |
| 試婚 | [ shì hūn ] trial marriage, to live together before deciding whether to marry |
| 試客 | [ shì kè ] user of shareware or demo software |
| 試射 | [ shì shè ] to test-fire, to conduct a missile test |
| 試工 | [ shì gōng ] to work for a trial period, worker on probation |
| 試想 | [ shì xiǎng ] to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...") |
| 試手 | [ shì shoǔ ] to work for a trial period, worker on probation |
| 試手兒 | [ shì shoǔ ] erhua variant of 試手|试手[shi4 shou3] |
| 試探 | [ shì tàn ] to sound out, to probe, to feel out, to try out |
| 試播 | [ shì bō ] trial broadcast |
| 試映 | [ shì yìng ] preview (of a movie), trial screening |
| 試杯 | [ shì beī ] Petri dish, test dish, trial slide |
| 試樣 | [ shì yàng ] style, type, model |
| 試水溫 | [ shì shuǐ wēn ] to test the waters |
| 試液 | [ shì yè ] reagent, test solution, experimental liquid |
| 試演 | [ shì yǎn ] audition, dress rehearsal, preview (of a theatrical performance), dummy run |
| 試煉 | [ shì liàn ] to refine with fire |
| 試爆 | [ shì baò ] trial explosion, nuclear test |
| 試用 | [ shì yòng ] to try sth out, to be on probation |
| 試用品 | [ shì yòng pǐn ] prototype, trial product, test sample |
| 試用期 | [ shì yòng qī ] trial period, probationary period |
| 試用本 | [ shì yòng běn ] inspection copy (of a textbook etc), trial edition |
| 試種 | [ shì zhòng ] test planting, crop grown on a trial basis |
| 試穿 | [ shì chuān ] to try wearing clothes, fitting trial |
| 試算表 | [ shì suàn ] spreadsheet, trial balance (accountancy) |
| 試管 | [ shì guǎn ] test tube |
| 試管受孕 | [ shì guǎn shoù yùn ] in vitro fertilisation, test tube fertilisation |
| 試管嬰兒 | [ shì guǎn yīng ér ] test tube baby |
| 試聽 | [ shì tīng ] audition, to give sb an audition, to check by listening |
| 試聽帶 | [ shì tīng daì ] demo recording (music) |
| 試航 | [ shì háng ] test flight (of aircraft), sea trial (of ship) |
| 試著 | [ shì zhe ] (coll.) to try to |
| 試藥族 | [ shì yaò zú ] people who participate in clinical trials |
| 試行 | [ shì xíng ] to try out, to test |
| 試衣 | [ shì yī ] to try on (clothes), fitting |
| 試衣間 | [ shì yī jiān ] fitting room |
| 試表 | [ shì ] to take temperature |
| 試製 | [ shì zhì ] to try out a new product (or manufacturing process), prototype, trial product |
| 試試看 | [ shì shì kàn ] to give it a try |
| 試讀 | [ shì dú ] to read a sample chapter of a book, to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis, to attend classes on a trial basis |
| 試車 | [ shì chē ] to test drive, a trial run |
| 試辦 | [ shì bàn ] to try sth out, trial, pilot scheme |
| 試金 | [ shì jīn ] assay |
| 試金石 | [ shì jīn shí ] touchstone, fig. test that sth is genuine |
| 試銷 | [ shì ] trial sale, test marketing |
| 試錯 | [ shì cuò ] trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤|尝试错误[chang2 shi4 cuo4 wu4]) |
| 試鏡 | [ shì jìng ] to take a screen test, to audition, screen test, audition, tryout |
| 試鏡頭 | [ shì jìng toú ] screen test |
| 試題 | [ shì tí ] exam question, test topic |
| 試飛員 | [ shì feī yuán ] test pilot |
| 試飲 | [ shì yǐn ] to taste (wine etc) |
| 試驗 | [ shì yàn ] experiment, test, CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4], to experiment, experimental |
| 試驗場 | [ shì yàn chǎng ] experimental station |
| 試驗性 | [ shì yàn xìng ] experimental |
| 試驗間 | [ shì yàn jiān ] test room |
| 試點 | [ shì diǎn ] test point, to carry out trial, pilot scheme |
| ⇒ 中試 | [ zhōng shì ] pilot-scale |
| ⇒ 以身試法 | [ yǐ shēn shì fǎ ] to challenge the law (idiom), to knowingly violate the law |
| ⇒ 全面禁止核試驗條約 | [ quán miàn jìn zhǐ hé shì yàn yuē ] Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty |
| ⇒ 初試 | [ chū shì ] preliminary exam, qualifying exam, first try, preliminary testing |
| ⇒ 初試身手 | [ chū shì shēn shoǔ ] to have a try, to try one's hand, initial foray |
| ⇒ 加試 | [ jiā shì ] to add material to an exam, supplementary exam |
| ⇒ 及鋒而試 | [ jí fēng ér shì ] lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak |
| ⇒ 受試者 | [ shoù shì zhě ] subject (in an experiment), participant (in a clinical trial etc) |
| ⇒ 口試 | [ koǔ shì ] oral examination, oral test |
| ⇒ 商務漢語考試 | [ shāng wù hàn yǔ kaǒ shì ] Business Chinese Test (BCT) |
| ⇒ 嘗試 | [ cháng shì ] to try, to attempt, CL:次[ci4] |
| ⇒ 地下核試驗 | [ dì xià hé shì yàn ] underground nuclear test |
| ⇒ 大學入學指定科目考試 | [ dà xué rù xué zhǐ dìng kē mù kaǒ shì ] Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw), abbr. to 指考[Zhi3 kao3] |
| ⇒ 大氣層核試驗 | [ dà qì céng hé shì yàn ] atmospheric nuclear test |
| ⇒ 妊娠試驗 | [ rèn shēn shì yàn ] pregnancy test |
| ⇒ 小試牛刀 | [ shì niú daō ] to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom) |
| ⇒ 屢試不爽 | [ lǚ shì bù shuǎng ] well-tried, time-tested |
| ⇒ 巴氏試驗 | [ bā shì shì yàn ] Pap test (medicine) |
| ⇒ 府試 | [ fǔ shì ] prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties |
| ⇒ 廷試 | [ tíng shì ] court examination, the top grade imperial exam |
| ⇒ 應試 | [ yìng shì ] to take an exam |
| ⇒ 應試教育 | [ yìng shì yù ] exam-oriented education, teaching to the test |
| ⇒ 戳穿試驗 | [ chuō chuān shì yàn ] puncture test |
| ⇒ 春試 | [ chūn shì ] metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times) |
| ⇒ 普通話水平測試 | [ pǔ tōng huà shuǐ píng cè shì ] Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994 |
| ⇒ 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試 | [ pǔ tōng gaō děng xué zhaō shēng quán guó tǒng yī kaǒ shì ] NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC), usually abbr. to 高考[gao1 kao3] |
| ⇒ 會士考試 | [ huì shì kaǒ shì ] agrégation (exam for teaching diploma in French universities) |
| ⇒ 會試 | [ huì shì ] metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination) |
| ⇒ 核試 | [ hé shì ] nuclear weapons test |
| ⇒ 核試爆 | [ hé shì baò ] a nuclear test |
| ⇒ 核試驗 | [ hé shì yàn ] nuclear test |
| ⇒ 核試驗堆 | [ hé shì yàn duī ] nuclear test reactor |
| ⇒ 核試驗場 | [ hé shì yàn chǎng ] nuclear test site |
| ⇒ 殿試 | [ diàn shì ] court examination, the top grade imperial exam |
| ⇒ 比試 | [ bǐ shì ] to have a competition, to measure with one's hand or arm, to make a gesture of measuring |
| ⇒ 水下核試驗 | [ shuǐ xià hé shì yàn ] underwater nuclear test |
| ⇒ 流體核試驗 | [ liú tǐ hé shì yàn ] hydronuclear explosion (HNE) |
| ⇒ 測試 | [ cè shì ] to test (machinery etc), to test (students), test, quiz, exam, beta (software) |
| ⇒ 測試和材料協會 | [ cè shì hé caí xié huì ] American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) |
| ⇒ 測試器 | [ cè shì qì ] testing apparatus, monitoring device, checker, meter |
| ⇒ 漢語水平考試 | [ hàn yǔ shuǐ píng kaǒ shì ] HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) |
| ⇒ 牛刀小試 | [ niú daō shì ] see 小試牛刀|小试牛刀[xiao3 shi4 niu2 dao1] |
| ⇒ 甄別考試 | [ zhēn bié kaǒ shì ] to screen, to grade by examination, screening, placement test |
| ⇒ 甄試 | [ zhēn shì ] selection test, admission exam |
| ⇒ 石蕊試紙 | [ shí ruǐ shì zhǐ ] litmus paper (chemistry) |
| ⇒ 禁止核武器試驗條約 | [ jìn zhǐ hé wǔ qì shì yàn yuē ] nuclear test ban treaty |
| ⇒ 秋試 | [ qiū shì ] autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing) |
| ⇒ 科舉考試 | [ kē jǔ kaǒ shì ] imperial examinations (in former times) |
| ⇒ 筆試 | [ bǐ shì ] written examination, paper test (for an applicant) |
| ⇒ 策試 | [ cè shì ] imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論|策论[ce4 lun4] |
| ⇒ 編班考試 | [ biān bān kaǒ shì ] placement test |
| ⇒ 考試 | [ kaǒ shì ] to take an exam, exam, CL:次[ci4] |
| ⇒ 考試卷 | [ kaǒ shì juàn ] exam paper, test paper, CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| ⇒ 考試卷子 | [ kaǒ shì juàn zi ] see 考試卷|考试卷[kao3 shi4 juan4] |
| ⇒ 考試院 | [ kaǒ shì yuàn ] Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan, exam board |
| ⇒ 聯調聯試 | [ lián lián shì ] debugging and commissioning, testing (of a whole system) |
| ⇒ 複試 | [ fù shì ] to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam |
| ⇒ 試一試 | [ shì yī shì ] to have a try |
| ⇒ 試試看 | [ shì shì kàn ] to give it a try |
| ⇒ 調試 | [ shì ] to debug, to adjust components during testing, debugging |
| ⇒ 躍躍欲試 | [ yuè yuè yù shì ] to be eager to give sth a try (idiom) |
| ⇒ 鄉試 | [ xiāng shì ] the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing |
| ⇒ 重試 | [ chóng shì ] to retry, to try again |
| ⇒ 閉卷考試 | [ bì juàn kaǒ shì ] closed-book examination |
| ⇒ 院試 | [ yuàn shì ] the last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties |
| ⇒ 面試 | [ miàn shì ] to be interviewed (as a candidate), interview |
| ⇒ 預試 | [ yù shì ] pretest |
| ⇒ 鹼試法 | [ jiǎn shì fǎ ] alkali test |
| ⇒ 點滴試驗 | [ diǎn dī shì yàn ] spot check |