Attempt in Chinese
to attempt · HSK 5
尝试
- 尝 to taste
- 试 to try
我想尝试一下新的做法。 I want to try a new way of doing it.
Other ways to say attempt
More words with 尝 or 试
How do you say attempt in Chinese?
Attempt in Chinese is 尝试 (cháng shì). You can also say 试图 (shì tú).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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