尝 cháng▶ nếm, vị

Stroke order

尝 is written in 9 strokes.

• 尝

Senses

1. to taste; to try (food)
2. to experience
3. (literary) ever; once

Example sentences

• 你尝尝这个菜。Nǐ chángchang zhège cài.Have a taste of this dish.
• 我尝了一口，很甜。Wǒ cháng le yì kǒu, hěn tián.I took a taste; it is very sweet.

Related words

• 品尝Nếm; vị; khẩu vị
• 尝试cố gắng

尝 is pronounced cháng and means “nếm, vị”. HSK 4 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 尝 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.