考试/考試 kǎoshì — exam, test

Meanings

1. 1

   exam, test

   An examination, and also the act of sitting one. Because it is already a verb, you say 我明天考试 with no extra verb in front of it.

   noun
2. 2

   to sit an exam

   verb

Example sentences

• 明天有汉语考试。/明天有漢語考試。Míngtiān (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) kǎoshì. (third tone, dipping)···

  There’s a Chinese exam tomorrow.

• 考试的时间是两个小时。/考試的時間是兩個小時。Kǎoshì (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) shíjiān (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling) liǎng (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) xiǎoshí. (third tone, dipping)···

  The exam lasts two hours.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我明天做考试。

  Correct我明天考试。

  考试 is a verb on its own, so it needs no 做 in front of it. English "take an exam" needs a verb; Chinese has the verb built in.

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