尝
to taste; to experience, to experiment with; to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once; to taste; to experience (variant of 嘗|尝[chang2])
- Strokes
- 9
- Pinyin
- cháng
Parts
Built from 尝
Words with 尝
- 何尝hé cháng · hechang(rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...
- 品尝pǐn cháng · pinchangto have a taste of; to sample
- 尝粪cháng fèn · changfento 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
- 尝试cháng shì · changshito try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)
- 尝鲜cháng xiān · changxianto taste (fresh food or a delicacy); (fig.) to try sth new
- 未尝wèi cháng · weichangnot ever; not necessarily
- 浅尝qiǎn cháng · qianchangto merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink); (fig.) to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic)
- 饱尝bǎo cháng · baochangto enjoy fully; to experience to the full over a long period
- 孟尝君mèng cháng jūn · mengchangjunLord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- 备尝辛苦bèi cháng xīn kǔ · beichangxinku(idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships
- 尝尽心酸cháng jìn xīn suān · changjinxinsuanto experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
- 尝试错误cháng shì cuò wù · changshicuowuto proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes
- 未尝不可wèi cháng bù kě · weichangbuke(idiom) acceptable; fine; okay
- 浅尝辄止qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ · qianchangzhezhi(lit.) to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); (fig.) to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop
- 卧薪尝胆wò xīn cháng dǎn · woxinchangdan(lit.) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); (fig.) to maintain one's resolve for revenge