試用

See also: 试用

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	to use
trad. (試用)		試	用
simp. (试用)		试	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si³ jung⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): si¹ yuung⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-yung

  (Hailu, HRS): chi^ˇ rhung^˖

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-iōng / chhì-ēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci³ êng⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-yon₆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyòng
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yung⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyonq
    • Palladius: шиюн (šijun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɻ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 試用 / 试用 適用 / 适用

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ jung⁶
    • Yale: si yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ jʊŋ²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: si¹ yuung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³ jɵŋ³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-yung
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii iung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-yung
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii (r)iung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: chi^ˇ rhung^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰi¹¹ ʒuŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'iong
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ iɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ iɔŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɔŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ iɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-ēng
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-īng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'eng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɪŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci³ êng⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshì ēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ eŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-yon₆
    • MiniDict: sy^去 yon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-hhion₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɹ̩³³ ɦioŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

試用

1. to try out something to see if it works

   我試用新電腦。／我试用新电脑。  ―  Wǒ shìyòng xīn diànnǎo.  ―  I tried out the new computer.

2. to put someone on probation; to be on probation; to be probationary; to be probational

   試用人員／试用人员  ―  shìyòng rényuán  ―  probational staff

   試用期間／试用期间  ―  shìyòng qījiān  ―  probationary period

   老闆說他想先試用你六個月。 [MSC, trad.]
   老板说他想先试用你六个月。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lǎobǎn shuō tā xiǎng xiān shìyòng nǐ liù ge yuè. [Pinyin]

   The boss said he would like to put you on six months probation first.

Derived terms

• 試用期 / 试用期 (shìyòngqī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (試用):

• → Japanese: 試(し)用(よう) (shiyō)
• → Korean: 시용(試用) (siyong)

See also

• 試穿／试穿 (shìchuān)

References

• “試用”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
試	用
し Grade: 4	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕijo̞ː]
• (Tokyo) しよー [shìyóó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

試(し)用(よう) • (shiyō) 

1. trial (use)

Verb

試(し)用(よう)する • (shiyō suru) suru (stem 試(し)用(よう)し (shiyō shi), past 試(し)用(よう)した (shiyō shita))

1. to try out something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "試用する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	試用し	しようし	shiyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	試用し	しようし	shiyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	試用する	しようする	shiyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	試用する	しようする	shiyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	試用すれ	しようすれ	shiyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	試用せよ¹ 試用しろ²	しようせよ¹ しようしろ²	shiyō seyo¹ shiyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	試用される	しようされる	shiyō sareru
Causative	試用させる 試用さす	しようさせる しようさす	shiyō saseru shiyō sasu
Potential	試用できる	しようできる	shiyō dekiru
Volitional	試用しよう	しようしよう	shiyō shiyō
Negative	試用しない	しようしない	shiyō shinai
Negative continuative	試用せず	しようせず	shiyō sezu
Formal	試用します	しようします	shiyō shimasu
Perfective	試用した	しようした	shiyō shita
Conjunctive	試用して	しようして	shiyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	試用すれば	しようすれば	shiyō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “試用”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026