試試

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
trad. (試試)		試	試
simp. (试试)		试	试

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìshi, shìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ˙ㄕ, ㄕˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ si³ / si^3-2 si³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìshi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ˙ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-shih⁵
    • Yale: shr̀-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.shy
    • Palladius: шиши (šiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhshìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshyh
    • Palladius: шиши (šiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ si³ / si^3-2 si³
    • Yale: si si / sí si
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ si³ / si^3-2 si³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ xi³ / xi^3-2 xi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ siː³³/, /siː³³⁻³⁵ siː³³/

Note: si3-2 si3 - quick reading of 試一試 / 试一试.

Verb

試試

1. (colloquial) to (have a) try

   你不妨試試。／你不妨试试。  ―  Nǐ bùfáng shìshi.  ―  You might as well have a try.

   試試就逝世／试试就逝世  ―  shìshì jiù shìshì  ―  If you try, you'll die.

Synonyms

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• 企圖 / 企图 (qǐtú)
• 嘗 / 尝 (cháng)
• 嘗試 / 尝试 (chángshì)
• 希圖 / 希图 (xītú)
• 筶 (Sichuanese)
• 試 / 试 (shì)
• 試圖 / 试图 (shìtú)