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HSK
(exam) grade / mark / score / fraction
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
exam question / test topic
HSK 3
to take an exam / exam / CL:
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *场* | 场* | *场
large place used for a specific purpose / stage / scene (of a play) / classifier for sporting or recreational activities / classifier for number of exams
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挂* | 挂* | *挂
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects
HSK 3
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)
HSK 4
to pass an exam or a test / to meet a minimum standard
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *题* | 题* | *题
topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL: 個|个,
HSK 2
exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam
HSK 2
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  *考* | 考* | *考
to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father
HSK 1
exam question
HSK 6
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
exam site; test center / key topic (to be tested in an exam)
subject; title; topic / exercise or exam question (CL:)
HSK 3
(coll.) to sit civil service or public institution recruitment exams (cf. 編制|编制)
entrance exam for senior middle school
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)
HSK 7-9
(PRC) national civil service exam (abbr. for 國家公務員考試|国家公务员考试) / (Tw) national examination for civil service recruitment or professional licensing
to correct student papers / to grade exam papers
to begin an exam
to sit for a makeup exam / to resit an exam / makeup exam / resit
HSK 6
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
problem or question solved for illustrative purposes in the classroom; practice question (used in preparation for an exam); sample question
exam room
supplementary educational material (e.g. a practice workbook, exam preparation guide etc)
to pass (an exam)
to do a lot of practice questions (to prepare for an exam)
(historical) middle period of a tripartite provincial exam / half-time; intermission / (sports) midfield; midcourt / (sports) midfielder
to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc) / to analyze data (from a chip, a black box etc)
exam-oriented education; teaching to the test
to go off-topic; to stray from the topic / obscure question; trick exam question; catch question (CL:)
(of diseases, accidents) to occur with a high incidence / (old) to score highly in the imperial exams
final exam
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
(loanword) / pass (for gaining admittance) / to pass (in a game of bridge etc) / to get through; to pass (an exam etc)
to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts
(in one's study) to focus on the topics one speculates will appear on the exam
exam paper; test paper (CL:張|张)
to open a book / open-book (exam)
scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory
to take an exam / (of an education system) to be exam-oriented
mid-term exam
to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc) / firsthand (experience) / impromptu (remarks etc)
to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
flushed with success / proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc) / as pleased as punch
(fig.) to scramble to make up for a lack of preparation; to make a frantic, last-ditch effort; to cram for an exam (cf. 平時不燒香臨時抱佛腳|平时不烧香临时抱佛脚)
(exam) admission ticket
to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
exam room
HSK 6
to take a test or exam for sb
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
to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) / to correct and criticize (an article) / to check / to correct / a correction (to a piece of writing)
to fail an exam
"exam master", sb who takes many exams and aces all of them
blank exam paper
General Scholastic Ability Test (college entrance exam in Taiwan)
to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam
to sit for a civil service exam
to proctor (an exam) / to invigilate
questions from previous years' exams
to pass a university entrance exam
eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
to prepare for an exam / (of an appendix, note etc) for reference
selection test / admission exam
preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
question bank (for examiners creating an exam, or students preparing for an exam)
to recommend sb for postgraduate studies / to admit for postgraduate studies without taking the entrance exam
to pass an entrance exam / to be admitted to
to publish class list of successful exam candidates
(coll.) raw score (before adjustments such as bonus points for ethnic minority status etc, esp. in college entrance exams)
the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
to grade exam papers / to review case files
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *考* | 考* | *考
to beat / to hit / variant of / to inspect / to test / to take an exam
HSK 1
to peel off / mottled / to fail an exam / to be demoted
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
(old) to select talented scholars for government service (through exams etc) / (Zhou dynasty) distinguished individuals selected and recommended from various regions to the central government
to finish an exam
to grade exam papers
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)
table of scores (in exams or sports league)
national unified entrance exam
to pass entrance exam / to enter college after a competitive exam
grade / exam mark
to take a relevant exam for a certificate (e.g. driving test, license etc)
to pass an exam
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)
to take an exam
old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
students who relocate to another region of China in order to gain an advantage on the college entrance exam
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)
exam paper
lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山 (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition)
Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. to 指考
prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
to faint from stress (during exam, on stage etc)
to sit an entrance exam for a graduate program
to gain entry by passing an exam; to be admitted to (a college etc)
to fail the imperial exams / to flunk
a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent

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