尝

嘗/嚐/甞
cháng
云 + 龸
HSK 2.0Level 4
HSK 3.0Level 3

Definitions

cháng (verb) to taste; to try
cháng (verb) to experience
cháng (adverb) ever; once; already

Etymology

Simplified form of 嘗. Phonosemantic compound. 旨 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.

Semantic: 云 Phonetic: 尚

About

尝 is the simplified form of the traditional character 嘗, which is a phonosemantic compound: 尚 gives the sound and 旨 (delicious) the meaning related to taste. The simplified form 尝 retains the same senses: to taste, to experience, or to have done something in the past. Another traditional variant, 嚐, adds the mouth radical 口 to underscore eating. The simplification keeps only the topmost strokes of 尚 and replaces everything below with the component 云, thereby altering the character's structure while preserving its original meanings.

Example Sentences Hide

你尝过这个吗？

Nǐ cháng guò zhège ma?

Have you tried this?

我尝了一口汤。

Wǒ chángle yī kǒu tāng.

I took a sip of the soup.

他尝试做新菜。

Tā chángshì zuò xīn cài.

He tried to cook a new dish.

我们品尝了当地美食。

Wǒmen pǐnchángle dāngdì měishí.

We tasted the local cuisine.

她尝了尝咖啡，觉得太苦。

Tā chángle cháng kāfēi, juédé tài kǔ.

She tasted the coffee and found it too bitter.

如果你没尝过，一定要试试。

Rúguǒ nǐ méi cháng guò, yīdìng yào shì shì.

If you haven't tried it, you must give it a try.

经过多次尝试，他终于成功了。

Jīngguò duō cì chángshì, tā zhōngyú chénggōng le.

After many attempts, he finally succeeded.

尽管初次尝试失败，但他不愿放弃，决定再尝一次。

Jǐnguǎn chūcì chángshì shībài, dàn tā bù yuàn fàngqì, juédìng zài cháng yī cì.

Even though the first attempt failed, he was unwilling to give up and decided to try again.

Related Characters

Composed characters:

偿 鲿

Component: 云

会 动 运 层 魂 坛 芸 酝 耘 纭 昙 雲 藝 䰟

Component: 龸

党

Example Words

品尝 尝试 何尝 尝鲜 孟尝君 未尝 浅尝 浅尝辄止 卧薪尝胆 饱尝