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Definition(s) for: 高考

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
高考 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)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 6 18,750 2,852 4,077

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gāo- surname Gao
gāo- high
- tall
- above average
- loud
- your (honorific)
kǎo- to check
- to verify
- to test
- to examine
- to take an exam
- to take an entrance exam for
- deceased father
kǎo- to beat
- to hit
- variant of 考[kao3]
- to inspect
- to test
- to take an exam

Other Words Containing 高考

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
高考 6 6 18,750 2,852 4,077