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experiment / test / CL: , 個|个 / to experiment / experimental
HSK 3
to take an exam / exam / CL:
HSK 1
test point / to carry out trial / pilot scheme
HSK 6
to try; to attempt / CL:
HSK 5
to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software)
HSK 4
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to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
HSK 1
to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out
HSK 7-9
to be interviewed (as a candidate) / interview
HSK 4
exam question / test topic
HSK 3
to attempt / to try
HSK 5
examination paper / test paper / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
to screen / to grade by examination / screening / placement test
oral examination / oral test
HSK 6
to try wearing clothes / fitting trial
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
well-tried / time-tested
in vitro fertilisation / test tube fertilisation
to try sth out / to be on probation
HSK 7-9
to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc) / (fig.) to test the waters; to do (sth) on a trial basis
written examination / paper test (for an applicant)
HSK 6
trial sale / test marketing
to try out / to test
HSK 7-9
to proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes
to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring
HSK 7-9
trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry
pilot test (in product development etc)
to pass a test
to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
to debug / to adjust components during testing / debugging
HSK 7-9
to work for a trial period / worker on probation
(coll.) to try to
to try out (a game, toy etc)
nuclear test
touchstone / fig. test that sth is genuine
trial period / probationary period
HSK 7-9
to add material to an exam / supplementary exam
rapid diagnostic test (RDT)
to retry / to try again
to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
to have a try / to try one's hand / initial foray
Business Chinese Test (BCT)
nuclear test site
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically) / one might well ask
to test the waters
testing apparatus / monitoring device / checker / meter
(medicine) skin test
autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing)
exam paper; test paper (CL:張|张)
nuclear test reactor
to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")
to attempt / test run
trial product
test pilot
prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
selection test / admission exam
imperial examinations (in former times)
to try out a new product (or manufacturing process) / prototype / trial product
to give it a try
interviewer
subject (in an experiment) / participant (in a clinical trial etc)
to test-fire / to conduct a missile test
debugging and commissioning / testing (of a whole system)
user of shareware or demo software
closed-book examination
style / type / model
to take temperature
a nuclear test
preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
Pap test (medicine)
(chemistry) litmus paper
test drive
audition / dress rehearsal / preview (of a theatrical performance) / dummy run
to refine with fire
spreadsheet / trial balance (accountancy)
puncture test
metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
placement test
the last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
reagent
audition / to give sb an audition / to check by listening
to take a screen test / to audition / screen test / audition / tryout
fitting room
experimental
atmospheric nuclear test
assay
pretest
trial explosion / nuclear test
to take an exam / (of an education system) to be exam-oriented
Petri dish / test dish / trial slide
trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤法|尝试错误法) / to experiment (to see what works and what doesn't)
underground nuclear test
metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)
exam room

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