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试 — to test; to try; experiment

to test; to try; experiment; examination; test

Pinyin
shì
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 试: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

试 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 试 in the HSK syllabus: 16

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 考试kǎoshìto take an exam; examHSK 2
  2. 试shìto test; to try; experiment; examination; testHSK 3
  3. 笔试bǐshìwritten examination; paper testHSK 4
  4. 面试miànshìto be interviewed; interviewHSK 4
  5. 试题shìtíexam question; test topicHSK 4
  6. 测试cèshìto test; to test; a test; betaHSK 5
  7. 尝试chángshìto tryHSK 5
  8. 试卷shìjuànexamination paper; test paperHSK 5
  9. 试验shìyànexperiment; test; to experiment; experimentalHSK 5
  10. 试用shìyòngto try sth out; to be on probationHSK 5
  11. 试图shìtúto attempt; to tryHSK 6
  12. 比试bǐshito have a competitionHSK 7–9
  13. 试点shìdiǎntest point; to carry out trial; pilot schemeHSK 7–9
  14. 试探shìtanto sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try outHSK 7–9
  15. 试行shìxíngto try out; to testHSK 7–9
  16. 调试tiáoshìto debug; to adjust components during testingHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.