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Home → Dictionary → 考试 (kǎo shì)

考试

考试

kǎo shì

to take an exam; exam

HSK 1verbclassifier

Traditional: 考試

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Definitions

(verb, classifier) to take an exam
exam

Classifier: 次 (cì)

Example Sentences

明天考试。

Míngtiān kǎoshì

Exam tomorrow

Related Words

下场(xià chǎng)— to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc)

代考(dài kǎo)— to take a test or exam for sb

上榜(shàng bǎng)— to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam)

中场(zhōng chǎng)— middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)

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