shì
tàn

HSK 7-9
common
verb

Meaning of 试探

试探 means to tentatively explore; to try to find out (a solution, method, etc.); to sound out; to feel out; to test the waters (using ambiguous words or actions to elicit a reaction). Pronounced shì tàn. HSK 7-9.

  • to tentatively explore; to try to find out (a solution, method, etc.)
  • to sound out; to feel out; to test the waters (using ambiguous words or actions to elicit a reaction)

Definitions & Examples

men
yào
shì
tàn
xià
zhǒng
tóng
de
shè
fāng
àn
 

We need to tentatively explore several different design plans.

xué
jiā
men
zhèng
zài
shì
tàn
xīn
de
zhì
liáo
jìng
 

Scientists are trying to find new therapeutic approaches.

xiě
le
háng
dài
lái
shì
tàn
tǒng
de
fǎn
yìng
 

He wrote a few lines of code to test the system's response.