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HSK
to take an exam / exam / CL:
HSK 1
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  *試* | 試* | *試
to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
HSK 1
experiment / test / CL: , 個|个 / to experiment / experimental
HSK 3
exam question / test topic
HSK 3
to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) / a test / (computing) beta (version of software)
HSK 4
to be interviewed (as a candidate) / interview
HSK 4
examination paper / test paper / CL: , 張|张
HSK 4
to attempt / to try
HSK 5
to try; to attempt / CL:
HSK 5
written examination / paper test (for an applicant)
HSK 6
test point / to carry out trial / pilot scheme
HSK 6
oral examination / oral test
HSK 6
to debug / to adjust components during testing / debugging
HSK 7-9
to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out
HSK 7-9
to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring
HSK 7-9
to try sth out / to be on probation
HSK 7-9
trial period / probationary period
HSK 7-9
to try out / to test
HSK 7-9
to try on (clothes) / fitting
to screen / to grade by examination / screening / placement test
well-tried / time-tested
(medicine) skin test
to take an exam / (of an education system) to be exam-oriented
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
a nuclear test
exam-oriented education; teaching to the test
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
nuclear weapons test
hydronuclear explosion (HNE)
to taste (wine etc)
to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
to have a try
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry
to try out (a game, toy etc)
imperial examinations (in former times)
nuclear test
pilot test (in product development etc)
to pass a test
screen test
Business Chinese Test (BCT)
to give it a try
testing apparatus / monitoring device / checker / meter
assay
spreadsheet / trial balance (accountancy)
to proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes
rapid diagnostic test (RDT)
subject (in an experiment) / participant (in a clinical trial etc)
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) / usually abbr. to 高考
in vitro fertilisation / test tube fertilisation
imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論|策论
(chemistry) litmus paper
exploratory; tentative
trial broadcast
trial sale / test marketing
experimental
inspection copy (of a textbook etc) / trial edition
user of shareware or demo software
style / type / model
atmospheric nuclear 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
reagent
test room
to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
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
(coll.) to try to
to try sth out / trial / pilot scheme
to take a screen test / to audition / screen test / audition / tryout
spot check
audition / dress rehearsal / preview (of a theatrical performance) / dummy run
pregnancy test
preview (of a movie) / trial screening
interviewer
to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc) / (fig.) to test the waters; to do (sth) on a trial basis
to test the waters
Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
Pap test (medicine)
to try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out / to experiment
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
test planting / crop grown on a trial basis
audition / to give sb an audition / to check by listening
to retry / to try again
nuclear test site
prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically) / one might well ask
to take temperature
fitting room
experimental station
underground nuclear test
to test-fire / to conduct a missile test
food sample
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
to add material to an exam / supplementary exam
to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")
to work for a trial period / worker on probation
trial product

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