试镜

試鏡
shìjìng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to do a screen test
  2. 2 to audition (for a film or TV role)
  3. 3 screen test; audition

Examples

HSK 1
Tā míngtiān yào qù shìjìng.
She has a screen test tomorrow.
HSK 5
Sānbǎi duō ge yǎnyuán cānjiā le shìjìng, zuìhòu dǎoyǎn xuǎnzhòng le yí ge xīnrén.
More than three hundred actors auditioned, and in the end the director chose a newcomer.

Tips

usage
镜 is the camera lens, as in 镜头: a 试镜 tests how an actor looks and acts on camera, for films, TV series and ads. A singing audition is 试唱, and the open auditions of a talent show are a 海选.

Stroke Order

试 shì
镜 jìng