Word information
Simplified高考
Traditional高考
Pinyingāokǎo
Part of speech名
HSK 3.04
HSK 2.06
Chinese word dictionary
高考
gāokǎo · 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)
Character breakdown
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