# 試用
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shìyòng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄩㄥˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): si$^3$ jung$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): si$^1$ yuung$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-yung
    (Hailu, HRS): chi$^ˇ$ rhung$^˖$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-iōng / chhì-ēng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ci$^3$ êng$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shìyòng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄩㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyòng
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^4$-yung$^4$
*** Yale: shr̀-yùng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyonq
*** Palladius: шиюн (šijun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$試用／试用 適用／适用
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^3$ jung$^6$
*** Yale: si yuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^3$ jung$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^3$ yung$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː³³ jʊŋ²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: si$^1$ yuung$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /si³³ jɵŋ³²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-yung
*** Hakka Romanization System: cii iung
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ci$^4$ yung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-yung
*** Hakka Romanization System: cii (r)iung
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ci$^4$ yung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: chi$^ˇ$ rhung$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰi¹¹ ʒuŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-iōng
*** Tâi-lô: tshì-iōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chie'iong
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ iɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ iɔŋ²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ iɔŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-ēng
*** Tâi-lô: tshì-īng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chie'eng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ci$^3$ êng$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshì ēng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ eŋ¹¹/

### Verb

試用
* to try out something to see if it works
    我試用新電腦。／我试用新电脑。 ― Wǒ shìyòng xīn diànnǎo. ― I tried out the new computer.
* to put someone on probation; to be on probation; to be probationary; to be probational
    試用人員／试用人员 ― shìyòng rényuán ― probational staff
    試用期間／试用期间 ― shìyòng qījiān ― probationary period
       Lǎobǎn shuō tā xiǎng xiān shìyòng nǐ liù ge yuè. [Pinyin]
       The boss said he would like to put you on six months probation first.

#### Derived terms

* 試用期／试用期 (shìyòngqī)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 試(し)用(よう) (shiyō)
* → Korean: 시용(試用) (siyong)

#### See also

* 試穿／试穿 (shìchuān)

### References

* “Entry #53788”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 試 | 用 |
| し Grade: 4 | よう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しよー [shìyóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕijo̞ː]

### Noun

試(し)用(よう) • (shiyō)
* trial (use)

### Verb

試(し)用(よう)する • (shiyō suru) suru (stem 試(し)用(よう)し (shiyō shi), past 試(し)用(よう)した (shiyō shita))
* to try out something

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 試用し | しようし | shiyō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 試用し | しようし | shiyō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 試用する | しようする | shiyō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 試用する | しようする | shiyō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 試用すれ | しようすれ | shiyō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 試用せよ¹ 試用しろ² | しようせよ¹ しようしろ² | shiyō seyo¹ shiyō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 試用される | しようされる | shiyō sareru |
| Causative | 試用させる 試用さす | しようさせる しようさす | shiyō saseru shiyō sasu |
| Potential | 試用できる | しようできる | shiyō dekiru |
| Volitional | 試用しよう | しようしよう | shiyō shiyō |
| Negative | 試用しない | しようしない | shiyō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 試用せず | しようせず | shiyō sezu |
| Formal | 試用します | しようします | shiyō shimasu |
| Perfective | 試用した | しようした | shiyō shita |
| Conjunctive | 試用して | しようして | shiyō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 試用すれば | しようすれば | shiyō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN