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考
kǎo
1. to check
2. to verify
3. to test
4. to examine
5. to take an exam
6. to take an entrance exam for
7. deceased father
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

考
kǎo
to test, to investigate, to examine
HSK 2 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

代考
dàikǎo
to take a test or exam for sb
备考
bèikǎo
(an appendix, note etc) for reference
参考
cānkǎo
consultation
HSK 5
报考
bàokǎo
to enter oneself for an examination
寿考
shòukǎo
long life
小考
xiǎokǎo
quiz
待考
dàikǎo
under investigation
思考
sīkǎo
to reflect on
HSK 5
应考
yìngkǎo
to take an exam
投考
tóukǎo
to sign up for an examination
招考
zhāokǎo
to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old)
普考
pǔkǎo
examination for lower levels of Taiwan government service (short for [[普通考試|普通考试<pǔtōngkǎoshì>]])
会考
huìkǎo
unified examination
期考
qīkǎo
end of term examination
查考
chákǎo
to examine
监考
jiānkǎo
to proctor (an exam)
研考
yánkǎo
to investigate
科考
kēkǎo
preliminary round of imperial examinations
统考
tǒngkǎo
unified examination (e.g. across the country)
考入
kǎorù
to pass entrance exam

Example Sentences (2)

其实我考得也不怎么样。有几个填空题不会做，有几个选择题，实在想不出来该选哪个，就随便猜了一个答案，结果一个都没猜对。
Qíshí wǒ kǎo de yě bù zěnme yàng. Yǒu jǐ gè tiánkòng tí bú huì zuò, yǒu jǐ gè xuǎnzé tí, shízài xiǎng bù chūlái gāi xuǎn nǎ gè, jiù suíbiàn cāi le yí gè dá'àn, jiéguǒ yí gè dōu méi cāi duì.
Actually, I didn’t do very well on the exam. There were a few fill-in-the-blank questions I couldn’t do, and for a few multiple-choice questions I really couldn’t figure out which option to choose, so I just guessed an answer, and in the end I didn’t guess a single one right.
Text 2
看来要想考好，不但要认真复习，还得注意考试的方法，否则，会做的题也没时间做了。
Kànlái yào xiǎng kǎo hǎo, bùdàn yào rènzhēn fùxí, hái děi zhùyì kǎoshì de fāngfǎ, fǒuzé, huì zuò de tí yě méi shíjiān zuò le.
It seems that if you want to do well on exams, you not only need to review carefully, but also need to pay attention to test-taking methods; otherwise, you won't have time to do even the questions you can do.
Text 2

Alternate Entries

考
kǎo
to beat / to hit / variant of [[考<kǎo>]] / to inspect / to test / to take an exam

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
494
Word Frequency Rank
548 of 84,292