嘗試

嘗試

See also: 尝试

Chinese

		to taste; flavor; indicator of past tense to taste; flavor; indicator of past tense; already; ever; once; test; formerly	to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
trad. (嘗試)		嘗	試
simp. (尝试)		尝	试
anagram		試嘗／试尝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ si³
• Min Dong (BUC): siòng-sé̤ṳ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sióng-chhì / siáng-chhì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sion⁵ ci³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-shih⁴
    • Yale: cháng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngshyh
    • Palladius: чанши (čanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 嘗試／尝试 常事 常侍 常是 常識／常识 長逝／长逝

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ si³
    • Yale: sèuhng si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ siː³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siòng-sé̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)nøy²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sióng-chhì
    • Tâi-lô: sióng-tshì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siofngchix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáng-chhì
    • Tâi-lô: siáng-tshì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafngchix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sion⁵ ci³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siôⁿ tshì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩõ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑɨɐŋ  ɕɨ^H/

Rime
Character	嘗	試
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	市羊切	式吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ/	/ɕɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɐŋ/	/ɕɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɑŋ/	/ɕieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨaŋ/	/ɕɨH/
Li Rong	/ʑiaŋ/	/ɕiəH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭaŋ/	/ɕĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯aŋ/	/ɕiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháng	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng4	si3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.daŋ  l̥ək-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djaŋ  hljɯɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嘗	試
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cháng	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyang ›	‹ syiH ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.daŋ/	/*l̥ək-s/
English	taste (v.)	test, try
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘗	試
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11153	14971
Phonetic component	尚	弋
Rime group	陽	代
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	常	試
Old Chinese	/*djaŋ/	/*hljɯɡs/
Notes	同甞

Verb

嘗試

1. to attempt; to try

   他們為了解決這個問題，嘗試過各種方法。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们为了解决这个问题，尝试过各种方法。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen wèile jiějué zhège wèntí, chángshì guò gèzhǒng fāngfǎ. [Pinyin]

   They have tried every method to solve this problem.

   我一直在嘗試努力，可結果總是不盡人意。 [MSC, trad.]
   我一直在尝试努力，可结果总是不尽人意。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yīzhí zài chángshì nǔlì, kě jiéguǒ zǒngshì bùjìn rényì. [Pinyin]

   I have been putting in a lot of effort, but the results are always less than satisfactory.

   • 我雖不敏，請嘗試之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我虽不敏，请尝试之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wǒ suī bùmǐn, qǐng chángshì zhī. [Pinyin]

     Although I am not clever, I ask that I attempt it.

Synonyms

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筶 (Sichuanese) 試試看/试试看 (shìshì kàn) 企圖／企图 (qǐtú) 嘗／尝 (cháng) 希圖／希图 (xītú)

試／试 (shì) 試一試／试一试 (shìyīshì) (colloquial) 試圖／试图 (shìtú) 試試／试试 (shìshi) (colloquial)

Derived terms

嘗試錯誤／尝试错误 (chángshì cuòwù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (嘗試):

• → Japanese: 嘗(しょう)試(し) (shōshi)