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
试探
shìtan
to test; to probe
Characters in this word
探 tàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他没有直接表态，只是用几个问题试探对方的底线。 Tā méiyǒu zhíjiē biǎotài, zhǐshì yòng jǐ ge wèntí shìtan duìfāng de dǐxiàn. He did not state his position directly, but used a few questions to test the other side's bottom line.
- 他先试探了一下经理的态度，再提出加薪的要求。 Tā xiān shìtan le yīxià jīnglǐ de tàidu, zài tíchū jiāxīn de yāoqiú. He first gauged the manager's attitude before asking for a raise.
- 妈妈小心翼翼地试探孩子的情绪。 Māma xiǎoxīn yìyì de shìtan háizi de qíngxù. The mother cautiously probed her child's feelings.
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
- 试行 shìxíng to implement on trial; trial implementation