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HSK
exam question / test topic
HSK 3
to take an exam / exam / CL:
HSK 1
to attempt / to try
HSK 5
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  *试* | 试* | *试
to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
HSK 1
to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software)
HSK 4
examination paper / test paper / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
oral examination / oral test
HSK 6
to be interviewed (as a candidate) / interview
HSK 4
experiment / test / CL: , 個|个 / to experiment / experimental
HSK 3
to try sth out / to be on probation
HSK 7-9
college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
HSK 6
trial broadcast
test point / to carry out trial / pilot scheme
HSK 6
exam room
written examination / paper test (for an applicant)
HSK 6
subject (in an experiment) / participant (in a clinical trial etc)
to try; to attempt / CL:
HSK 5
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring
HSK 7-9
exam-oriented education; teaching to the test
assay
well-tried / time-tested
imperial examinations (in former times)
exam paper; test paper (CL:張|张)
to take an exam / (of an education system) to be exam-oriented
Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
nuclear weapons test
to debug / to adjust components during testing / debugging
HSK 7-9
verb reduplication, used to soften tone or indicate a short action (e.g. 試一試|试一试 or 看看)
trial period / probationary period
HSK 7-9
to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
to have a try
(coll.) to try to
metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
(medicine) skin test
TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC (abbr. for 英語專業八級考試|英语专业八级考试)
to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out
HSK 7-9
to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically) / one might well ask
touchstone / fig. test that sth is genuine
pregnancy test
test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship)
style / type / model
interviewer
reagent
fitting room
to proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes
to try wearing clothes / fitting trial
to have a try / to try one's hand / initial foray
nuclear test site
selection test / admission exam
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
Business Chinese Test (BCT)
to try out / to test
HSK 7-9
the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院 Executive Yuan, 立法院 Legislative Yuan, 司法院 Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院 Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院 Control Yuan
(chemistry, medicine) test strip
to give it a try
experimental
to retry / to try again
examination for lower levels of Taiwan government service (short for 普通考試|普通考试)
testing apparatus / monitoring device / checker / meter
to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc) / (fig.) to test the waters; to do (sth) on a trial basis
the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
(old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試|殿试)
to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
pilot test (in product development etc)
to pass a test
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
to refine with fire
to test drive / a trial run
to try out (a game, toy etc)
underground nuclear test
inspection copy (of a textbook etc) / trial edition
to take temperature
people who participate in clinical trials
reagent / test solution / experimental liquid
trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry
exploratory; tentative
pretest
to try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out / to experiment
final exam / to take an end-of-term exam / (Tw) college entrance exam (abbr. for 大學入學考試|大学入学考试)
to work for a trial period / worker on probation
test tube
rapid diagnostic test (RDT)
to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")
trial product
a nuclear test
exam outline (outline of the content of an exam, published prior to the exam as a guide for examinees) (abbr. for 考試大綱|考试大纲)
in vitro fertilisation / test tube fertilisation
to read a sample chapter of a book / to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis / to attend classes on a trial basis
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. to 指考
prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
(chemistry) litmus paper
trial explosion / nuclear test
spreadsheet / trial balance (accountancy)

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