试探

shìtan

to sound out; to probe; to feel out

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 試探

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

他试探我的想法。

He sounded out my thoughts.

试探一下情况。

Feel out the situation.