考試

See also: 考试

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (26)
Final () (89) (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter khawX syiH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hou2 si3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kǎo shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ khawX › ‹ syiH ›
Old
Chinese
/*k-r̥ˁuʔ/ /*l̥ək-s/
English old; deceased father test, try

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7404 14971
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰluːʔ/ /*hljɯɡs/

Noun

考試

  1. test (of a person's proficiency or knowledge); examination; exam (Classifier: m)
    模擬考試模拟考试   mónǐ kǎoshì   mock test
    期末考試期末考试   qīmò kǎoshì   end-of-term examination
    要是考試及格的話怎麼辦 [MSC, trad.]
    要是考试及格的话怎么办 [MSC, simp.]
    Yàoshi kǎoshì bù jígé dehuà, zěnme bàn? [Pinyin]
    If I don't pass my exams, what do I do?
    考試成績 [MSC, trad.]
    考试成绩 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de kǎoshì chéngjì hěn hǎo. [Pinyin]
    His exam result is very good.
    準備考試恐怕吃不消 [MSC, trad.]
    准备考试恐怕吃不消 [MSC, simp.]
    Liǎng tiān yào zhǔnbèi bā mén de kǎoshì, tā kǒngpà chībùxiāo. [Pinyin]
    She feared she wouldn't be able to handle preparing for eight exams in two days.

Derived terms

Verb

考⫽試 (verb-object)

  1. to take a test; to sit an examination; to have an exam
    今天考試今天考试   Wǒ jīntiān kǎoshì le.   I had an exam today.
    大部分學生 [MSC, trad.]
    大部分学生 [MSC, simp.]
    Dàbùfèn de xuéshēng dōu kǎo wán le shì. [Pinyin]
    Most of the students have finished the exam.

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (考試):

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2

Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

(こう)() • (kōshi) 

  1. test; exam

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

考試 • (gosi) (hangeul 고시)

  1. Hanja form? of 고시 (examination, exam, test).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

考試

  1. chữ Hán form of khảo thí (examination, exam, test).
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