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HSK
university student; college student
HSK 1
university / college / CL:
HSK 1
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
college / educational institute / school / faculty / CL:
HSK 1
to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child
HSK 6
the head of an institution whose name ends in ; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China
HSK 2
(college, university) president / headmaster / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *批* | 批* | *批
to ascertain / to act on / to criticize / to pass on / classifier for batches, lots, military flights / tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
HSK 4
community college
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) / (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)
HSK 6
college / school (old)
HSK 7-9
Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history)
HSK 7-9
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
HSK 7-9
school badge; college insignia; university crest
teacher's college / normal school
specialized school / college for professional training / polytechnic
technical university / engineering college
school of engineering / college of engineering
abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学, normal university / teacher training college
normal university / teacher training college
part-time college (abbr. for 業餘大學|业余大学)
General Scholastic Ability Test (college entrance exam in Taiwan)
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
universities and colleges / abbr. for 高等學校|高等学校
department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department)
to change major (at college) / to take up a new specialist subject / to transfer to a different medical department
University College, London
elite fee-charging independent school in England or Wales (e.g. Eton College)
Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)
college for people who attend after work
to attend (a school) / to drop out (of college etc)
Dartmouth College
three-year college / junior college / professional training college
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *校* | 校* | *校
(bound form) school; college / (bound form) (military) field officer
(coll.) raw score (before adjustments such as bonus points for ethnic minority status etc, esp. in college entrance exams)
Grinnell College (private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA)
evening college
list of successful applicants for college admission / list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
to jump a year (at college)
Tongwen Guan, 19th century college that trained translators for China's diplomatic corps, established in Beijing in 1862 and absorbed by the Imperial University in 1902
(slang) female university student; female college student
to pass entrance exam / to enter college after a competitive exam
art institute / art and drama college
Deng Shichang (1849-1894), Qing dynasty naval specialist, founded naval dockyards and two naval colleges, died heroically in action against the Japanese
(Tw) evening program (at a college) / night school
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)
preparatory course (in college)
students who relocate to another region of China in order to gain an advantage on the college entrance exam
Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)
Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty
Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂 in 1866
to gain entry by passing an exam; to be admitted to (a college etc)
colleges and universities
Electoral College (of the United States)
admissions officer; enrollment officer; college recruiter
college / academy / educational institution
seminary (Christian college)
Electoral College (of the United States)
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) / usually abbr. to 高考
William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University
Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont
Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts)
college of Western learning in late Qing
"ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career
Middlebury (College)
Mawei River naval college, alternative name for Fuzhou naval college 福州船政學堂|福州船政学堂, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
evening college (abbr. for 夜大學|夜大学)
(slang) male university student; male college student


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