gaokao

See also: gāokǎo

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 高考 (gāokǎo, literally “higher [education] [entrance] examination”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʊˈkaʊ/

Noun

gaokao (plural gaokao)

1. (China, education) The National Higher Education Entrance Examination held annually in China as a prerequisite for entrance into most forms of higher education.
   • 2015 September 30, Amy Qin, “A Fervor to Glimpse ‘China’s Mona Lisa’”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In recent years, education officials have made a number of proposals, including revising elementary and middle school textbooks to increase the proportion of guoxue, or the study of Chinese culture, and reducing the importance of English on some versions of the gaokao, or university entrance examination, in favor of a greater emphasis on the Chinese language.

Translations

examination held annually in China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高考 (zh) (gāokǎo)

• Japanese: 高考 (ja) (kōkō)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: cao khảo (vi)