| 嘗 | 365C30 22.41 | 部居  | 畫數 14 | ㄔㄤˊ [chang2] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To taste (also vulg. 嚐): 嘗一嘗 have a taste of food; 嘗味道 taste the flavor; 嘗新 taste fruit, fish that is just in season; 甘苦共嘗 to taste joys and hardships together; 臥薪嘗膽 (allu.) the King of Yueh (越王勾踐) slept on firewood for mattress and had a gall hung over his bed to remind him of the bitterness (gall) of his defeat and prepare for a comeback. (2) To try: 嘗試 [chang2shi4]↓. | |||||
| Aux. vb. | Have, have once, had been: 嘗聞 I have heard that; 嘗思 I have thought; 未嘗 have never: 未嘗見他 have never seen him; 未嘗不可，未嘗不是 double negative used as polite positive: 未嘗不可 it's not impossible=it may be; 未嘗不是辦法 it's not a bad way: it is a good way; 何嘗 did it ever, did I ever=never--a rhetorical interrogative form, but same meaning as 未嘗; 何嘗不可 why impossible?=of course possible. | |||||
| Words | 1. 嘗試 [chang2shi4], n. & v.i., a trial, have a trial of s.t. | |||||