| 1 | 试验 | 試驗 | shì yàn | shi4 yan4 | experiment; test; Classifiers: 次 ; to experiment; experimental | | |
| 2 | 试 | 試 | shì | shi4 | to test; to try; experiment; examination; test | | |
| 3 | 试管 | 試管 | shì guǎn | shi4 guan3 | test tube | | |
| 4 | 考试 | 考試 | kǎo shì | kao3 shi4 | to take an exam; exam; Classifiers: 次 | | |
| 5 | 试制 | 試製 | shì zhì | shi4 zhi4 | to try out a new product (or manufacturing process); prototype; trial product | | |
| 6 | 尝试 | 嘗試 | cháng shì | chang2 shi4 | to try; to attempt; Classifiers: 次 | | |
| 7 | 试图 | 試圖 | shì tú | shi4 tu2 | to attempt; to try | | |
| 8 | 测试 | 測試 | cè shì | ce4 shi4 | imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策论 ; to test (machinery etc); to test (students); test; quiz; exam; beta (software) | | |
| 9 | 试探 | 試探 | shì tàn | shi4 tan4 | to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out | | |
| 10 | 试用 | 試用 | shì yòng | shi4 yong4 | to try sth out; to be on probation | | |
| 11 | 试行 | 試行 | shì xíng | shi4 xing2 | to try out; to test | | |
| 12 | 试点 | 試點 | shì diǎn | shi4 dian3 | test point; to carry out trial; pilot scheme | | |
| 13 | 试样 | 試樣 | shì yàng | shi4 yang4 | style; type; model | | |
| 14 | 试试看 | 試試看 | shì shì kàn | shi4 shi4 kan4 | to give it a try | | |
| 15 | 试用本 | 試用本 | shì yòng běn | shi4 yong4 ben3 | inspection copy (of a textbook etc); trial edition | | |
| 16 | 大学入学指定科目考试 | 大學入學指定科目考試 | dà xué rù xué zhǐ dìng kē mù kǎo shì | Da4 xue2 Ru4 xue2 Zhi3 ding4 Ke1 mu4 Kao3 shi4 | Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw); abbr. to 指考 | | |
| 17 | 普通话水平测试 | 普通話水平測試 | pǔ tōng huà shuǐ píng cè shì | Pu3 tong1 hua4 Shui3 ping2 Ce4 shi4 | Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994 | | |
| 18 | 比试 | 比試 | bǐ shì | bi3 shi4 | written examination; paper test (for an applicant); to have a competition; to measure with one's hand or arm; to make a gesture of measuring | | |
| 19 | 中试 | 中試 | zhōng shì | zhong1 shi4 | pilot-scale | | |
| 20 | 核试爆 | 核試爆 | hé shì bào | he2 shi4 bao4 | a nuclear test | | |
| 21 | 核试 | 核試 | hé shì | he2 shi4 | nuclear weapons test | | |
| 22 | 编班考试 | 編班考試 | biān bān kǎo shì | bian1 ban1 kao3 shi4 | placement test | | |
| 23 | 测试和材料协会 | 測試和材料協會 | cè shì hé cái liào xié huì | Ce4 shi4 he2 Cai2 liao4 Xie2 hui4 | American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) | | |
| 24 | 戳穿试验 | 戳穿試驗 | chuō chuān shì yàn | chuo1 chuan1 shi4 yan4 | puncture test | | |
| 25 | 春试 | 春試 | chūn shì | chun1 shi4 | metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times) | | |