To beat in Chinese: 考 (kǎo)

kǎo

to beat

HSK 3.0 Level 1Traditional: 1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to beat
  2. 2to hit
  3. 3variant of 考
  4. 4to inspect
  5. 5to test
  6. 6to take an exam

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ㄎㄠˇ

kǎo

/ k/ aoˇ/ third tone

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  • 我们明天要考语文。

    wǒ men míng tiān yào kǎo yǔ wén。

    We have a Chinese test tomorrow.

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