Wiktionary

考試

See also: 考试

Chinese edit

 
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) 考 試
simp. (考试) 考 试

Pronunciation edit

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
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 考 試
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 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/

Noun edit

考試

  1. test (of a person's proficiency or knowledge); examination; exam (Classifier: 次 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
    要是考試不及格的話，怎麼辦？ [MSC, trad.]
    要是考试不及格的话，怎么办？ [MSC, simp.]
    Yàoshi kǎoshì bù jígé dehuà, zěnme bàn? [Pinyin]
    If I don't pass my exams, what do I do?
    他的考試成績很好。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的考试成绩很好。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de kǎoshì chéngjì hěn hǎo. [Pinyin]
    His exam result is very good.
    兩天要準備八門的考試，她恐怕吃不消。 [MSC, trad.]
    两天要准备八门的考试，她恐怕吃不消。 [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 edit

Verb edit

考⫽試 (verb-object)

  1. to take a test; to sit an examination; 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.
    大部分的學生都考完了試。 [MSC, trad.]
    大部分的学生都考完了试。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dàbùfèn de xuéshēng dōu kǎo wán le shì. [Pinyin]
    Most of the students have finished the exam.

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 考試 (“to take an examination”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 考試, 測試, 課試
Mandarin Taiwan 考試
Harbin 考試
Yantai (Muping) 考試
Jinan 考試
Luoyang 考試
Xi'an 考試
Yinchuan 考試
Lanzhou 考試
Xining 考試
Ürümqi 考試
Chengdu 考試
Guiyang 考試
Guilin 考試
Liuzhou 考試
Xuzhou 考試
Yangzhou 考試
Nanjing 考試
Singapore 考試
Cantonese Hong Kong 考試
Dongguan 考試
Hakka Yudu 考試
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 考試
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 考試
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 考試
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 考試
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 考試
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 考試
Huizhou Jixi 考試
Jin Taiyuan 考試
Xinzhou 考試
Eastern Min Fuzhou 考書
Southern Min Xiamen 考試
Quanzhou 考試
Jinjiang 考冊
Zhangzhou 考試
Zhao'an 考試
Tainan 考試
Penang (Hokkien) 考冊
Singapore (Hokkien) 考冊
Manila (Hokkien) 考冊
Medan (Hokkien) 考冊
Singapore (Teochew) 考書
Haikou 考試
Qionghai 考試
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 考試
Wu Shanghai 考試
Shanghai (Chongming) 考書
Suzhou 考試
Danyang 考試
Hangzhou 考試
Ningbo 考試
Wenzhou 考試
Jinhua 考試
Jinhua (Tangxi) 考字

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (考試):

See also edit

Japanese edit

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

Noun edit

考(こう)試(し) • (kōshi) 

  1. test; exam

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
考試

Noun edit

考試 • (gosi) (hangeul 고시)

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

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
考試

Noun edit

考試

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