試用

See also: 试用

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	to use
trad. (試用)		試	用
simp. (试用)		试	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si³ jung⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): si¹ yuung⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-yung

(Hailu, HRS): chi^ˇ rhung^˖
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhì-iōng / chhì-ēng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ci³ êng⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyòng
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yung⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyonq
  - Palladius: шиюн (šijun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    試用 / 试用
    適用 / 适用
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si³ jung⁶
  - Yale: si yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si³ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi³ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ jʊŋ²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: si¹ yuung⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³ jɵŋ³²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-yung
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii (r)iung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chi^ˇ rhung^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰi¹¹ ʒuŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: tshì-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chie'iong
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ iɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ iɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ iɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-ēng
  - Tâi-lô: tshì-īng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chie'eng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɪŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ci³ êng⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshì ēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ eŋ¹¹/

Verb

試用

to try out something to see if it works
我試用新電腦。／我试用新电脑。 ― Wǒ shìyòng xīn diànnǎo. ― I tried out the new computer.
to put someone on probation; to be on probation; to be probationary; to be probational
試用人員／试用人员 ― shìyòng rényuán ― probational staff

試用期間／试用期间 ― shìyòng qījiān ― probationary period

老闆說他想先試用你六個月。 [MSC, trad.]
老板说他想先试用你六个月。 [MSC, simp.]
Lǎobǎn shuō tā xiǎng xiān shìyòng nǐ liù ge yuè. [Pinyin]
The boss said he would like to put you on six months probation first.

Derived terms

試用期 / 试用期 (shìyòngqī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (試用):

→ Japanese: 試(し)用(よう) (shiyō)
→ Korean: 시용(試用) (siyong)

References

“試用”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
試	用
し Grade: 4	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しよー [shìyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕijo̞ː]

Noun

試(し)用(よう) • (shiyō)

trial (use)

Verb

試(し)用(よう)する • (shiyō suru) suru (stem 試(し)用(よう)し (shiyō shi), past 試(し)用(よう)した (shiyō shita))

to try out something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "試用する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	試用し	しようし	shiyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	試用し	しようし	shiyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	試用する	しようする	shiyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	試用する	しようする	shiyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	試用すれ	しようすれ	shiyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	試用せよ¹ 試用しろ²	しようせよ¹ しようしろ²	shiyō seyo¹ shiyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	試用される	しようされる	shiyō sareru
Causative	試用させる試用さす	しようさせるしようさす	shiyō saseru shiyō sasu
Potential	試用できる	しようできる	shiyō dekiru
Volitional	試用しよう	しようしよう	shiyō shiyō
Negative	試用しない	しようしない	shiyō shinai
Negative continuative	試用せず	しようせず	shiyō sezu
Formal	試用します	しようします	shiyō shimasu
Perfective	試用した	しようした	shiyō shita
Conjunctive	試用して	しようして	shiyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	試用すれば	しようすれば	shiyō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“試用”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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