考研

Chinese

		to check; to verify; to test to check; to verify; to test; to examine	grind fine; study; research
simp. and trad. (考研)		考	研

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎoyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau² jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎoyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎoyán
    • Wade–Giles: kʻao³-yen²
    • Yale: kǎu-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaoyan
    • Palladius: каоянь (kaojanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau² jin⁴
    • Yale: háau yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau² jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao² yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³⁵ jiːn²¹/

Verb

考研

1. to sit an entrance exam for a graduate program