初試

See also: 初试

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
trad. (初試)		初	試
simp. (初试)		初	试

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūshì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ si³ / co¹ si⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-chhì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chushìh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: chū-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushyh
  - Palladius: чуши (čuši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    出世
    出事
    出仕
    出示
    初試 / 初试
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: co¹ si³ / co¹ si⁵
  - Yale: chō si / chō síh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ si³ / tso¹ si⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: co¹ xi³ / co¹ xi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ siː³³/, /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ siː¹³/

Note:

co1 si5 - common variant when meaning “test; examination”.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-chhì
  - Tâi-lô: tshoo-tshì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhochix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi²¹/

Verb

初試

to try for the first time; to have the first test

Derived terms

初試啼聲 / 初试啼声
初試身手 / 初试身手
新硎初試 / 新硎初试

Noun

初試

first try; preliminary testing
preliminary examination, especially (historical) the first local level of the former imperial examination system

Korean

Hanja in this term
初	試

Noun

初試 • (chosi) (hangeul 초시)

hanja form^? of 초시 (“a preliminary examination, especially (historical) the first local level of the former royal examination system”)
hanja form^? of 초시 (“(historical) a scholar who has passed the local royal examination but no higher level”)