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 kǎo shì to take an exam / exam / CL:次[ci4]
 cè shì to test (machinery etc) / to test (students) / test / quiz / exam / beta (software)
 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
 kǎo shēng exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
 shì tí exam question / test topic
 kǎo yán to sit an entrance exam for a graduate program
 lù qǔ to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)
 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
 kǎo chǎng exam room
 kǎo shàng to pass a university entrance exam
 yìng shì to take an exam
 qiāng shǒu gunman / sharpshooter / sb who takes an exam for sb else / sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own
 kǎo zhèng to do textual research / to make textual criticism / to verify by means of research (esp. historical details) / to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件[kao3 qu3 zheng4 jian4])
 fù shì to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent
 kǎo shì chéng jì exam results / grades
 zhòng shì to pass an exam (or the imperial exam) / to qualify
 bèi kǎo to prepare for an exam / (an appendix, note etc) for reference
 kǎo tí exam question
 kǎo guān an examiner / an official conducting an exam
 lǎo yǒu old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
 kǎo wán to finish an exam
 kǎo rù to pass entrance exam / to enter college after a competitive exam
 chū shì preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
 tián kòng to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
 yuè juàn to grade exam papers
 jí gé to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard
 kǎo qǔ to pass an entrance exam / to be admitted to
 bǔ kǎo to sit for a makeup exam / to resit an exam / makeup exam / resit
 jiā dài to carry within it / to be mixed in / to slip sth in / to intersperse / (hydrology etc) to entrain / to smuggle / notes smuggled into an exam
 lín chǎng to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc) / firsthand (experience) / impromptu (remarks etc)
 yìng kǎo to take an exam
 kǎo juàn exam paper
 pī gǎi to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) / to correct and criticize (an article) / to check / to correct / a correction (to a piece of writing)
 Kǎo shì yuàn Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
 kǎo jí to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam
 kǎo shì juàn exam paper / test paper / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 qī mò kǎo final exam
 jiā shì to add material to an exam / supplementary exam
 dào road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
 dài kǎo to take a test or exam for sb
 kǎo fēn grade / exam mark
 kǎo qū the exam area / the district where an exam takes place
 xiāng shì the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
 tí topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
 bái juàn blank exam paper
 bǎo yán to recommend sb for postgraduate studies / to admit for postgraduate studies without taking the entrance exam
 shì chǎng exam room
 luò dì to fail an exam
 kǎo to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father
 chū bǎng to publish class list of successful exam candidates
 tóng shēng candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
 míng luò sūn shān lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition)
 zhòng xuǎn to win an election / to get a position by passing the imperial exam
 piān tí obscure question / trick exam question / catch question / CL:道[dao4]
 kǎo variant of 考 / to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam
 tǒng yī zhāo shēng national unified entrance exam
 pàn dú to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc) / to analyze data (from a chip, a black box etc)
 tíng shì court examination, the top grade imperial exam
 chéng kǎo yí mín mandatory college exam for immigrants
 Pǔ tōng Gāo děng Xué xiào Zhāo shēng Quán guó Tǒng yī Kǎo shì NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) / usually abbr. to 高考[gao1 kao3]
 yùn chǎng to faint from stress (during exam, on stage etc)
殿 diàn shì court examination, the top grade imperial exam
 zhēn shì selection test / admission exam
 qiū shì autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing)
 qiū wéi autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing)
 cè shì imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論|策论[ce4 lun4]
 kǎo zhòng to pass an exam
 kǎo qī the exam period / the exam date
  Language Proficiency Examination / Language Proficiency Exam
 qī zhōng kǎo mid-term exam
 kǎo jìn to gain entry by passing an exam / to be admitted to (a college etc)
 Dà xué Xué kē Néng lì Cè yàn General Scholastic Ability Test (college entrance exam in Taiwan)
 pī juàn to correct student papers / to grade exam papers
 bó luò to peel off / mottled / to fail an exam / to be demoted
 tí xù to compose a preface (or introductory remarks, etc) / question (or section) order (on an exam paper) / question (or section) number
 fǔ shì prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
 kǎo běn to take a relevant exam for a certificate (e.g. driving test, license etc)
 tí kù question bank (for examiners creating an exam, or students preparing for an exam)
 zhōng kǎo entrance exam for senior middle school
 Dà xué Rù xué Zhǐ dìng Kē mù Kǎo shì Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates&rsquo / higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. to 指考[Zhi3 kao3]
 dà kǎo final exam / to take an end-of-term exam / (Tw) college entrance exam (abbr. for 大學入學考試|大学入学考试[da4 xue2 ru4 xue2 kao3 shi4])
 yā tí (in one's study) to focus on the topics one speculates will appear on the exam
 Zhǐ kǎo Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates&rsquo / higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. for 大學入學指定科目考試|大学入学指定科目考试[Da4 xue2 Ru4 xue2 Zhi3 ding4 Ke1 mu4 Kao3 shi4]
 píng juàn to grade exam papers
 kǎo gāng exam outline (outline of the content of an exam, published prior to the exam as a guide for examinees) (abbr. for 考試大綱|考试大纲[kao3 shi4 da4 gang1])
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