kǎo

  1. kǎo verb to examine; to take an exam
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Short for 考试 (CC-CEDICT '考'; Guoyu '考' n 2; Unihan '考'; XHZD '考' 1, p. 386)
  2. kǎo verb to inspect; to check
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (XHZD '考' 2, p. 386)
  3. kǎo adjective old
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of a person (Guoyu '考' adj; Kroll 2015 '考' 1, p. 238; XHZD '考' 4, p. 386)
  4. kǎo noun father; deceased father
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 先考 (CC-CEDICT '考'; Guoyu '考' n 1; Kroll 2015 '考' 2, p. 238; XHZD '考' 5, p. 386)
  5. kǎo adjective experienced
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '考' 1a, p. 238)
  6. kǎo verb to accomplish; to complete
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 完成 (Guoyu '考' v 4; Kroll 2015 '考' 4, p. 238)
  7. kǎo verb to pound; to strike [a drum]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 敲打 (Guoyu '考' v 6; Kroll 2015 '考' 5, p. 238)
  8. kǎo verb to whip [a prisoner]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '考' 5a, p. 238)
  9. kǎo noun an imperfection; a flaw
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In a piece of jade (Kroll 2015 '考' 6, p. 238)
  10. kǎo verb to check; to inspect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 考查 (Guoyu '考' v 1)
  11. kǎo verb to test by doing an experiment
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 测试 (Guoyu '考' v 2)
  12. kǎo verb to interrogate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 拷问, as a variant of 拷 (Guoyu '考' v 5)
  13. kǎo verb to investigate; to study
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 研究 (Guoyu '考' v 3; Kroll 2015 '考' 3, p. 238; Unihan '考'; XHZD '考' 3, p. 386)

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