初試

See also: 初试

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
trad. (初試)		初	試
simp. (初试)		初	试

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ si³, co¹ si⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-chhì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chushìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: chū-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushyh
    • Palladius: чуши (čuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 出世 出事 出仕 出示 初試／初试

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ si³, co¹ si⁵
    • Yale: chō si, chō síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ si³, tso¹ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ xi³, co¹ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ siː³³/, /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ siː¹³/

Note:

• co1 si5 - common variant when meaning “test; examination”.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-chhì
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo-tshì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhochix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi²¹/

Verb

初試

1. to try for the first time; to have the first test

Derived terms

• 初試啼聲／初试啼声
• 初試身手／初试身手
• 新硎初試／新硎初试

 

Noun

初試

1. first try; preliminary testing
2. preliminary examination, especially (historical) the first local level of the former imperial examination system

Korean

Hanja in this term
初	試

Noun

初試 • (chosi) (hangeul 초시)

1. Hanja form^? of 초시 (“a preliminary examination, especially (historical) the first local level of the former royal examination system”).
2. Hanja form^? of 초시 (“(historical) a scholar who has passed the local royal examination but no higher level”).