Test in Chinese
test · HSK 2
考试
- 考 to take an exam
- 试 to try
Counted with 次: 一次考试
这次考试很难。 This exam was very hard.
Other ways to say test
More words with 考 or 试
How do you say test in Chinese?
Test in Chinese is 考试 (kǎo shì). You can also say 试 (shì), 测试 (cè shì), 实验 (shí yàn), 试验 (shì yàn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.