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考試

考試

See also: 考试

Chinese

 
to check; to verify; to test; to examine
 
to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
trad. (考試) 考 試
simp. (考试) 考 试

Noun

考試

  1. test; exam   (Classifier: 次 m)
    模擬考試 / 模拟考试  ―  mónǐ kǎoshì  ―  mock test
    他的考試成績很好。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的考试成绩很好。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de kǎoshì chéngjī hěn hǎo. [Pinyin]
    His exam result is very good.

Verb

考試

  1. to take a test; to have an exam
    我今天考試了。 / 我今天考试了。  ―  Wǒ jīntiān kǎoshì le.  ―  I had an exam today.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (考試):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
考 試
こう
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

考試 ‎(hiragana こうし, romaji kōshi)

  1. test; exam

Korean

Hanja in this term
考 試

Noun

考試 • ‎(gosi) ‎(hangeul 고시)

  1. Hanja form? of 고시, “examination, exam, test”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
考 試

Noun

考試

  1. Hán tự form of khảo thí, “examination, exam, test”

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 考 試
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 苦浩切 式吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰɑuX/ /ɕɨH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰɑuX/ /ɕɨH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɑuX/ /ɕieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰawX/ /ɕɨH/
Li
Rong		 /kʰɑuX/ /ɕiəH/
Wang
Li		 /kʰɑuX/ /ɕĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰɑuX/ /ɕiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kǎo shì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 考
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kǎo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khawX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k-r̥ˤuʔ/
English old; deceased father

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 考 試
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7404 14971
Phonetic
component		 丂 弋
Rime
group		 幽 代
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 考 試
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰluːʔ/ /*hljɯɡs/

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