试 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 式 formula, pattern, rule, style, system
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
试
shì
to try, to try on
Character
Example phrases
- 我想试这件衣服。 Wǒ xiǎng shì zhè jiàn yīfu. I want to try on this piece of clothing.
- 我可以试试吗？ Wǒ kěyǐ shìshi ma? Can I try it?
- 试一下这件衣服。 Shì yíxià zhè jiàn yīfu. Try this on.
Related words
- 考试 kǎoshì exam; to take an exam
- 拿 ná to take, to hold
- 找到 zhǎodào to find
- 放 fàng to put, to place
- 找 zhǎo to look for; to give change
- 不大 búdà not very, not much
- 给 gěi to give; for, to
- 得到 dédào to get, to obtain
- 送 sòng to give (as a gift); to send; to see off
- 票 piào ticket
- 东西 dōngxi thing, stuff
- 贵 guì expensive