尝

to taste; to try (food) / to experience / (literary) ever; once

to taste; to experience (variant of 嘗|尝[chang2])

old variant of 嘗|尝[chang2]

(classical) to say

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

small / tiny / few / young

surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]

cloud / CL:朵[duo3]

Character component without intrinsic meaning

to try / to attempt / CL:次[ci4]

to try; to attempt / CL:次[ci4]

to taste a small amount / to sample

(rhetorical question) when? / how? / it's not that...

not ever / not necessarily

lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) / fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge

lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge

to enjoy fully / to experience to the full over a long period

lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop

to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)

to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety) / to suck up to sb / to kiss ass

to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)

to taste (fresh food or a delicacy) / to try sth new

Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink) / (fig.) to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)