試驗

See also: 試験 and 试验

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	to examine; to test; to check
trad. (試驗)		試	驗
simp. (试验)		试	验

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ jim⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ngiam
• Eastern Min (BUC): ché-ngiêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-giām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci³ ngiam⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵sy-gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyàn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yen⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-yàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyann
    • Palladius: шиянь (šijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si³ jim⁶
    • Yale: si yihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si³ jim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi³ yim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ jiːm²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ngiam
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii ngiam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ ngiam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ŋi̯am⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ché-ngiêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi²¹³⁻⁵³ ŋiɛŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-giām
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-giām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'giam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiam²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡiam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiam³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiam³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci³ ngiam⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshì ngiām
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiam¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-gni
    • MiniDict: sy^去 nyi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: syiH ngjemH

Rime
Character	試	驗
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式吏切	魚窆切
Baxter	syiH	ngjemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨH/	/ŋˠiᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨH/	/ŋᵚiɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕieH/	/ŋiæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨH/	/ŋjiamH/
Li Rong	/ɕiəH/	/ŋjɛmH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəH/	/ŋĭɛmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕiH/	/ŋi̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3	jim6

Verb

試驗

1. to conduct an experiment; to run a trial
2. (dated) to test; to examine

Noun

試驗

1. experiment; trial; test (Classifier: 次 m; 個／个 m)

   導彈試驗／导弹试验  ―  dǎodàn shìyàn  ―  missile test

   臨床前試驗／临床前试验  ―  línchuáng qián shìyàn  ―  pre-clinical test

2. (dated) test (of a person's proficiency or knowledge); examination; exam

Derived terms

• 臨床試驗／临床试验 (línchuáng shìyàn)
• 試驗品／试验品
• 試驗堆／试验堆
• 試驗場／试验场
• 試驗性／试验性
• 試驗田／试验田

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (試驗):

• → Japanese: 試(し)験(けん) (shiken) (see there for further descendants)
• → Korean: 시험(試驗) (siheom)
• → Vietnamese: thí nghiệm (試驗)

See also

• 實驗／实验 (shíyàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
試	驗
し Grade: 4	けん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi	kan’yōon

For pronunciation and definitions of 試驗 – see the following entry.

【試験しけん】 [noun] examination, exam, test [noun] quiz [verb] to examine [verb] to test

(This term, 試驗, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
試	驗

Noun

試驗 • (siheom) (hangeul 시험)

1. Hanja form^? of 시험 (“test, exam”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
試	驗

Noun

試驗

1. chữ Hán form of thí nghiệm (“experiment; test”).