考牌

Chinese

		to check; to verify; to test to check; to verify; to test; to examine	cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
trad. (考牌)		考	牌
simp. #(考牌)		考	牌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎopái

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau² paai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎopái
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎopái
    • Wade–Giles: kʻao³-pʻai²
    • Yale: kǎu-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaopair
    • Palladius: каопай (kaopaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau² paai⁴
    • Yale: háau pàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau² paai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao² pai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹/

Verb

考⫽牌 (verb-object)

1. to take a test for a licence

   考律師牌／考律师牌  ―  kǎo lǜshī pái  ―  to take the judical examination

   生仔要考牌 [Cantonese]  ―  saang¹ zai² jiu³ haau² paai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  someone should get one's qualification before having a child (used to mock someone who does not know how to look after one's own children)

Derived terms

• 考牌官 (kǎopáiguān)

 

Related terms

• 考車牌／考车牌 (kǎo chēpái)
• 考車／考车 (kǎochē)