高考 gāo kǎo

China’s national college entrance exam

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 18780th word

Definitions

  1. 1. college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for pǔ tōng gāo děng xué xiào zhāo shēng quán guó tǒng yī kǎo shì)
  2. 2. TW entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公务人员高等考试)

Characters

Character Meaning
high; tall; above average
to take an exam; to examine; to check