HSK 4 · Verbs

尝 cháng “to taste” in Chinese

Traditional 嘗

What 尝 means

  1. to taste
  2. to try (food)
  3. to experience

How to say 尝

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale尝cháng2nd tone, rising

尝 in a sentence

  1. 你想尝一口吗？

    Nǐ xiǎng cháng yì kǒu ma?

    Would you like a taste?

    Sentence #8945698 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我以前从来没有尝过中餐。

    Wǒ yǐqián cónglái méiyǒu chángguo zhōngcān.

    I’ve never tried Chinese food before.

    Sentence #611149 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那家餐厅的食物很好吃，你应该尝尝。

    Nà jiā cāntīng de shíwù hěn hǎochī, nǐ yīnggāi chángchang.

    The food at that restaurant is really good. You should try it.

    Sentence #13519215 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 尝 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 尝 (cháng) with each of its parts in a different colour
尝chángto taste; to try
  • 尚still · shàngSound part
  • 云cloud · yúnMeaning part

云 hints at the meaning (cloud); 尚 (shàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with cháng.

How to write 尝

尝 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

尝 (cháng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 尝 (cháng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 尝

Words with 尝

品尝pǐncháng · to taste尝试chángshì · to try

More words: Common Verbs

遍biàn · measure word for times (start to finish)不管bùguǎn · not to be concerned擦cā · to wipe参观cānguān · to look around超过chāoguò · to surpass成为chéngwéi · to become乘坐chéngzuò · to ride (in a vehicle)抽烟chōuyān · to smoke (a cigarette

FAQs

尝 (cháng) means “to taste” or “to try (food)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it cháng: cháng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 尝 is written 嘗. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 尝 from the suggestions. Typing chang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
尝 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.