试 图

shìtú

“To attempt” in Chinese is 试图 (shìtú).

Meaning

to attempt
to try

Example

我试图逃跑。

I tried to escape.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shìHSK 18 strokesto test túHSK 18 strokesdiagram

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