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考试

kǎo shì

Meaning

考试 (kǎo shì) is a Level 1 word in the HSK 3.0 standard, ranked #635 among the most frequent Chinese words.

  1. to take an exam
  2. exam
  3. CL:次[ci4]

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HSK 1 words — those sharing a character with 考试 come first.

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
中学 zhōng xué middle school 1
中学生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student; high school student 1
学生 xué sheng student; schoolchild 1
家人 jiā rén family member; (old) servant 1
国家 guó jiā country; nation; state 1
小学生 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student; schoolchild; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; (fig.) beginner 1
小学 xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school 1
一会儿 yī huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5] 1

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