考试 (kǎoshì) means Exam (test). Below are 24 of the 36 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
考试 的形式变了。
Kǎoshì de xíngshì biàn le.
The format of the exam has changed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形式
考试 前要好好复习。
Kǎoshì qián yào hǎohǎo fùxí.
You should revise properly before the exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 复习
祝贺你通过了 考试 。
Zhùhè nǐ tōngguò le kǎoshì.
Congratulations on passing the exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 祝贺
考试 范围是前五课。
Kǎoshì fànwéi shì qián wǔ kè.
The exam covers the first five lessons.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 范围
这次 考试 他及格了。
Zhè cì kǎoshì tā jí gé le.
He passed the exam this time.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 及格
考试 前他天天用功。
Kǎoshì qián tā tiāntiān yòng gōng.
He worked hard every day before the exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 用功
考试 在下个月中旬。
Kǎoshì zài xià ge yuè zhōngxún.
The exam is in the middle of next month.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 中旬
请先阅读 考试 须知。
Qǐng xiān yuèdú kǎoshì xūzhī.
Please read the examination instructions first.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 须知
他的 考试 成绩合格了。
Tā de kǎoshì chéngjì hégé le.
His exam result was a pass.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 合格
考试 前我有点儿紧张。
Kǎoshì qián wǒ yǒudiǎnr jǐnzhāng.
I am a bit nervous before the exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 紧张
考试 的时候不能马虎。
Kǎoshì de shíhou bù néng mǎhu.
You cannot be careless during an exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 马虎
考试 一共有四个科目。
Kǎoshì yígòng yǒu sì ge kēmù.
The exam has four subjects in all.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 科目
考试 中有一道时事题。
Kǎoshì zhōng yǒu yí dào shíshì tí.
There is a current-affairs question in the exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 时事
这次 考试 他的成绩很好。
Zhè cì kǎoshì tā de chéngjì hěn hǎo.
His results in this exam were very good.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 成绩
学习的目的不只是 考试 。
Xuéxí de mùdì bù zhǐshì kǎoshì.
The aim of study is not only to pass exams.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 目的
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From the graded readers
去年我 考试 没考好，很难过。
qùnián wǒ kǎoshì méi kǎo hǎo / hào, hěn nán'guò.
Last year I did badly in an exam and felt terrible.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
From the grammar library
明天就要 考试 了。
Míngtiān jiùyào kǎoshì le.
The exam is tomorrow already.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen
考试 appears in 36 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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How is 考试 used in a sentence?
This page shows 36 sentences using 考试 (kǎoshì, "Exam (test)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 考试 an HSK word?
Yes — 考试 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 考试?
The dictionary page for 考试 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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