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shì = sh + Ø4
to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
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How to pronounce 试

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= sh initial

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

By Matthias • updated about 1 month ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

试 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shì = sh + Ø4
type / form / pattern / style
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yán = y + an2
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
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Characters with 试 as component

试 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 试

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to attempt / to try
to test (machinery etc) / to test (students) / test / quiz / exam / beta (software)
to try / to attempt / CL:次[ci4]

Sentences with 试

tái
lái
gěi
shì
shì

Want to remember 试 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

shì

to test / to try / experiment / examination / test

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