尝 cháng

taste; experience, experiment

HSK 4 #1621

DEFINITIONS

  • taste
  • experience, experiment
  • to taste
  • to try
  • to experience
  • already
  • ever
  • once
  • variant of 嘗|尝[chang2]
  • old variant of 嘗|尝[chang2]

STROKES

WORDS

尝试 cháng shì
HSK 6
to try; to attempt; CL:次[ci4]
品尝 pǐn cháng
HSK 6
to taste a small amount; to sample
何尝 hé cháng (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...
未尝 wèi cháng not ever; not necessarily
卧薪尝胆 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge; lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
饱尝 bǎo cháng to enjoy fully; to experience to the full over a long period
浅尝辄止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into; to attempt half-heartedly; content with a smattering of knowledge; also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止
备尝辛苦 bèi cháng xīn kǔ to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
尝尽心酸 cháng jìn xīn suān to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
尝粪 cháng fèn to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety); to suck up to sb; to kiss ass
孟尝君 mèng cháng jūn Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
浅尝 qiǎn cháng dilettante; amateur; to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)
浅尝者 qiǎn cháng zhě dilettante; amateur; dabbler
尝到了 cháng dào le to taste; to experience
尝着 cháng zhe taste; try out; experience
尝过 cháng guò to have tasted; to have tried
尝尝 cháng cháng to taste; to try out
尝到 cháng dào to taste; to sample
地尝 de cháng to taste a little; to try a small amount
只尝 zhǐ cháng to just taste
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