Measure word
- 次 cì next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard... attested
Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
考
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 32 forms
试
These are the forms of 試, the traditional character: 试 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 4 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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“他会通过考试吗？“ “我怕是不会。“
"Will he pass the examination?" "I am afraid not."
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他因为准备太少考试不及格了。
He failed in the examination for lack of preparation.
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他在入学考试中失败了。
He failed the entrance exam.
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他忙着准备入学考试。
He is busy preparing for the entrance examination.
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他考试拿了满分是真的。
It is true that he got full marks on the test.
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他考试通过了吗？
Did he succeed in the examination?
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她有勇气去查询考试的结果。
She had the courage to go and inquire about the results of the exam.