考

kǎo · kao

Traditional 攷

Meaning

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kǎo 考

  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

kǎo 攷

  1. to beat
  2. to hit
  3. variant of 考 (kǎo)
  4. to inspect
  5. to test
  6. to take an exam

In a sentence

2 examples
01

大(dà)学(xué)毕(bì)业(yè)以(yǐ)后(hòu)我(wǒ)也(yě)想(xiǎng)考(kǎo)研(yán)究(jiū)生(shēng)。

After I graduate, I'd like to take the graduate school entrance examination.

Tatoeba: Chinese by bailujia · English by Blair0113 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

令(lìng)我(wǒ)非(fēi)常(cháng)伤(shāng)心(xīn)的(de)是(shì)她(tā)考(kǎo)砸(zá)了(le)。

She failed the examination and I was greatly disappointed.

Tatoeba: Chinese by yuiyu · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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