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to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
HSK 1
to take an exam / exam / CL:
HSK 1
experiment / test / CL: , 個|个 / to experiment / experimental
HSK 3
exam question / test topic
HSK 3
to be interviewed (as a candidate) / interview
HSK 4
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
to try; to attempt / CL:
HSK 5
to attempt / to try
HSK 5
oral examination / oral test
HSK 6
test point / to carry out trial / pilot scheme
HSK 6
written examination / paper test (for an applicant)
HSK 6
trial period / probationary period
HSK 7-9
to try sth out / to be on probation
HSK 7-9
to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out
HSK 7-9
to debug / to adjust components during testing / debugging
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 out / to test
HSK 7-9
test planting / crop grown on a trial basis
spreadsheet / trial balance (accountancy)
(chemistry, medicine) test strip
selection test / admission exam
test tube
reagent
to give it a try
to try sth out / trial / pilot scheme
Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
to test drive / a trial run
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
to take an exam
preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
to take a screen test / to audition / screen test / audition / tryout
exploratory; tentative
to have a try
trial broadcast
test tube baby
I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically) / one might well ask
fitting room
exam room
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
preview (of a movie) / trial screening
nuclear test
to test-fire / to conduct a missile test
test pilot
test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship)
to work for a trial period / worker on probation
to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")
to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論|策论
the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
to have a try / to try one's hand / initial foray
trial sale / test marketing
autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing)
metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)
to try out a new product (or manufacturing process) / prototype / trial product
trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry
to take temperature
style / type / model
well-tried / time-tested
the last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
to work for a trial period / worker on probation
to refine with fire
audition / dress rehearsal / preview (of a theatrical performance) / dummy run
lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
to attempt / test run
audition / to give sb an audition / to check by listening
to taste (wine etc)
assay
to try wearing clothes / fitting trial
prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
to try out (a game, toy etc)
test drive
to retry / to try again
Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994
(coll.) to try to
exam paper; test paper (CL:張|张)
testing apparatus / monitoring device / checker / meter
trial product
to try on (clothes) / fitting
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)
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) / usually abbr. to 高考
nuclear weapons test
food sample
to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc) / (fig.) to test the waters; to do (sth) on a trial basis
experimental station
pilot test (in product development etc)
to pass a test
to proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes
exam-oriented education / teaching to the test
to screen / to grade by examination / screening / placement test
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
to add material to an exam / supplementary exam
subject (in an experiment) / participant (in a clinical trial etc)

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