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
试行
shìxíng
to implement on trial; trial implementation
Characters in this word
行 xíng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 亍 to take small steps
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 新规将在三个城市试行半年，之后再评估是否全国推广。 Xīnguī jiāng zài sān ge chéngshì shìxíng bàn nián, zhīhòu zài pínggū shìfǒu quánguó tuīguǎng. The new rules will be trialled in three cities for half a year before being assessed for nationwide rollout.
- 这项政策先在一所学校试行，效果不错。 Zhè xiàng zhèngcè xiān zài yī suǒ xuéxiào shìxíng, xiàoguǒ búcuò. This policy was first trialled in one school, and the results were quite good.
- 公司决定试行弹性上班时间。 Gōngsī juédìng shìxíng tánxìng shàngbān shíjiān. The company decided to try a flexible working-hours schedule.
Related words
- 考试 kǎoshì exam; to take an exam
- 试 shì to try, to try on
- 试题 shìtí exam question
- 试验 shìyàn experiment
- 测试 cèshì test
- 面试 miànshì job interview
- 试卷 shìjuàn exam paper
- 尝试 chángshì to try
- 试图 shìtú to try to
- 比试 bǐshi to compete; to have a contest
- 试点 shìdiǎn to pilot; pilot programme
- 试探 shìtan to test; to probe