Chinese word dictionary

考查

kǎochá · to investigate; to study

Practice word

Word information

Simplified考查

Traditional考查

Pinyinkǎochá

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

考kǎo

to test, to investigate, to examine

查chá

to investigate, to examine, to look into

How to learn 考查

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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考kǎo

to beat; to hit; variant of 考[kao3]; to inspect; to test; to take an exam; to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father

考试kǎoshì

to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]

查chá

to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

检查jiǎnchá

inspection; to examine; to inspect; CL:次[ci4]

报考bàokǎo

to enter oneself for an examination

查看chákàn

to look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret out