trying

/ˈtrʌɪɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈtrʌɪɪŋ/

trying

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

US voice -> trying

Myanmar meaning

(v[ing]) ကြိုးစားနေ

Full entry

try /traÇ/ v (pt, pp tried )

၁။ ကြိုးစားသည်။ စမ်းသည်။ I don't know if I can come, but I'll try. ❍ Try to be here on time. ❍ I tried hard not to laugh. ❍ You haven't even tried to lift it. ❍ Don't try to swim across the river. ❍ He's trying his best/ hardest/ utmost (ie as much as he can). ❍ (In informal use, try to + infinitive is often replaced by try and + infinitive, esp in the imperative, and don't/ didn't try to by don't/ didn't try and : Please try and come if you can. ❍ I'm leaving—don't try and stop me. ) ❍ AND
၂။ စမ်းသည်။ …ကြည့်သည်။ I've tried this new detergent, with excellent results. ❍ ‘Would you like to try some raw fish?’ ‘Why not, I'll try anything once. ’ ❍ Have you ever tried windsurfing? ❍ Try phoning his home number. ❍ Try that door (ie Try opening it to see if it is locked or to find what is on the other side). ❍ Don't try any funny stuff with me! ❍ Let's try the table in a different position. ❍ Try these shoes for size. ❍ I think we should try her for the job.
၃။ (က) ~ sb (for sth) (ရုံးတင်) စစ်ဆေးသည်။ He was tried for murder.
(ခ) (esp passive) တရားရုံး၌ စစ်ဆေးဆုံးဖြတ်သည်။ The case was tried before a jury.
၄။ အကဲစမ်းသည်။ Three hours of unnecessary delay had sorely tried my patience.
n
၁။ ~ (at sth/ doing sth) စမ်းကြည့်ခြင်း။ I'll give it a try. ❍ It's worth a try. ❍ He had three tries at mending the lock and finally gave up.
၂။ (ရတ္ဂ်ဘီတွင်) တစ်ဖက်အသင်း ဂိုးစည်း၏နောက်သို့ဘောလုံးကိုသယ်ယူပြီးမြေကြီး နှင့်ထိလိုက်ခြင်း။ (ဤသို့ ပြုလုပ်နိုင်သောအသင်းက ဂိုးကန်သွင်းခွင့်လည်းရသည်။ ) score a try. Compare CONVERT v ၃
❏ tried adj ပွဲတွေ့။ a tried and tested remedy ❍ a tried and true friend.
❏ trier n လက်မလျှော့သူ။ အရှုံးမပေးသူ။ He's not very good but he's a real trier.
❏ try for sth [PHRV ] အားထုတ်သည်။ try for a scholarship/ an Olympic medal/ a job in the Civil Service.
❏ try one's hand (at sth) [IDM ] စမ်းသည်။ …ကြည့်သည်။ I'd like to try my hand at water-skiing.
❏ trying adj သည်းခံရခက်သော။ စိတ်ဆင်းရဲရသော။ She can be very trying at times. ❍ I've had a trying day.
❏ try one's luck (at sth) [IDM ] ကံစမ်းသည်။ I think I'll try my luck at roulette.
❏ try-on n (Brit infml ) အကဲစမ်းမှု။ သွေးတိုးစမ်းမှု။
❏ try sth on [PHRV ]
၁။ စမ်းဝတ်ကြည့်သည်။ စီးကြည့်သည်။ Try on the shoes before you buy them.
၂။ စမ်းသည်။ Don't try anything on with me, or you'll be sorry.
❏ try-out n စမ်းကြည့်ခြင်း။ give sb/ sth a try-out.
❏ try out for sth [PHRV ] (US ) ဝင်ပြိုင်သည်။ She's trying out for the part of Cleopatra.
❏ try sb/ sth out (on sb) [PHRV ] စမ်းသပ်စစ်ဆေးကြည့် သည်။ try out a new young quarter-back ❍ The drug has not been tried out on humans yet.

More examples

I know she’s not very helpful, but she does try.
Don’t try any of your tricks with me!
[try to do something] : Just try to stay calm.
[try and do something] : I will try and get the report to you today.
[try doing something] : She tried talking about it to Steve, but he wouldn’t listen.
[try your best/hardest (to do something)] : Just try your best. I’m sure you’ll be fine.
[try hard] : We’ll just have to try harder next time.
[try hard/desperately to do something] : He was trying desperately not to laugh.
[try and try] : Jamie tried and tried and eventually he got a job.
I’m sure someone tried the door.
He tried seven different colours before finding the right one.
[try doing something] : I want to try playing tennis this spring.
Try adding cornflour to thicken the sauce a bit.
[try something on someone] : The drug isn’t ready to be tried on humans yet.
[try something for size] : Try this pair for size – they look about right.
[try something new/different (with something)] : Let’s try something different with your hair this time.
[try anything once] : ‘Would you like to go skydiving?’ ‘I’ll try anything once.’
Have you tried these scones?
I tried the library for his new book.
You could try Monica – she knows a lot about gardening.
Franklin’s case will be tried on 25th August.
[try someone for something] : He was tried for murder and found guilty.

Synonyms

attempt, endeavor, struggle, strive, aim, seek, undertake, make an effort, take a crack at, have a go, adjudge, adjudicate, afflict, agonize, all one's got, annoy, appraise, arbitrate, aspire, assay, attack, bash, bear down, best shot, bid, bother, check, check out, chip away at, compete, contend, contest, crack, crucify, dab, decide, distress, do one's best, drive for, effort, essay, evaluate, examine, exasperate, excruciate, exert oneself, experiment, experiment with, fling, frustrate, give a hearing, give it a go, go, go after, go all out, go for, harass, have a crack, have a shot, have a stab, have a whack, hear, inconvenience, inspect, investigate, irk, irritate, jab, judge, knock oneself out, labor, lift a finger, make a bid, make a pass at, make an attempt, martyr, pain, plague, pop, propose, prove, put on trial, put oneself out, put to the proof, put to the test, rack, referee, risk, sample, scrutinize, shoot for, shot, sit in judgment, slap, speculate, stab, strain, stress, striving, tackle, take to court, taste, tax, test, tire, torment, torture, trial, trouble, try out, undertaking, upset, venture, vex, vie for, weary, weigh, whack, whirl, work, wrangle, wring

Antonyms

abstain, abstention, activate, agree, aid, assist, assuage, be idle, calm, delight, energize, forget, give in, give up, help, idle, idleness, ignore, laze, laziness, make happy, neglect, peace, please, rest, soothe, surrender