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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-gni

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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    勢焰／势焰
    試驗／试验
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 Neipu)
  - 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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-gni
  - MiniDict: sy^去 nyi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-nyi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

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	/ɕɨ^H/	/ŋˠiᴇm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨ^H/	/ŋᵚiɛm^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕie^H/	/ŋiæm^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨ^H/	/ŋjiam^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiə^H/	/ŋjɛm^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭə^H/	/ŋĭɛm^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi^H/	/ŋi̯ɛm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	yàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si³	jim⁶

Verb

試驗

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

Noun

試驗

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

Derived terms

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)

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)

hanja form^? of 시험 (“test, exam”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
試	驗

Noun

試驗

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