kǎo
Radical 125 · 6 strokes

to check

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MEANING6 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to check

    检查;调查;参加考试jiǎnchá; diàochá; cānjiā kǎoshì

    • The teacher wants to test us.

    • This question tests basic grammar knowledge.

    + 3 more examples for this meaning
    • I was taking exams from morning until night.

    • I wish you all the best on your exams.

    • You didn't study at all before the exam — how could you possibly do well? — I guess you're right.

  2. verb

    to examine

    用问题或测试来检查某人的知识yòng wèntí huò cèshì lái jiǎnchá mǒurén de zhīshi

    • I have to take an exam tomorrow.

    • This math test was much harder than the last one.

  3. verb

    to take an exam

    参加考试或检验知识cānjiā kǎoshì huò jiǎnyàn zhīshi

    • I have to take a test tomorrow.

    • She is preparing to take the Chinese Proficiency Test next month.

  4. verb

    to take an exam

    参加考试cānjiā kǎoshì

    • She's taking her driver's license exam next month.

  5. verb

    to hit

    用力打,施加暴力yòng lì dǎ, shī jiā bào lì

    • He quizzed me on something.

    • The exam left him battered and bruised all over.

  6. noun

    deceased father

    已经去世的父亲yǐjīng qùshì de fùqin

    • This is my late father.

COLLOCATIONS5 collocations
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解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS
  • (old person; aged person)RADICAL
  • (background sound; curved object)PHONETIC

An elderly person bending their back like a curved object represents the image of long years of examination.

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