shì

to test; to try; experiment

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 試

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

我试一下。

Let me try.

你试一试这个办法。

Try this method.