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考验 kǎoyàn

考验 kǎoyàn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 考验 kǎoyàn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kǎoyàn | kao3 yan4
English translation
to test
to put to the test
trial
ordeal

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Traditional form

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Etymology of 考验 kǎoyàn

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kǎo

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. lǎo represents the meaning and kǎo represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "elderly father". The meaning later shifted to "examine" and "test".

Phonetic compound

kǎo

Semantic compound

lǎo

Positional decomposition

耂丂

Number of Strokes

6
yàn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and qiān represents the sound. Simplified form of yàn .

Phonetic compound

qiān

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

马佥

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 考验 kǎoyàn

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duì de ài 经受 jīng shòu zhāo 极其 jíqí 严峻 yánjùn de 考验 kǎoyàn

Her love for him was being tested to its limits.

有限 yǒu xiàn de 外交 wàijiāo 手腕 shǒu wàn ér 受到 shòudào le 极其 jíqí 严峻 yánjùn de 考验 kǎoyàn

My limited diplomatic skills were tested to the utmost.

总有一天生活 shēnghuó huì 考验 kǎoyàn 这种 zhè zhǒng 关系 guānxi 是否 shìfǒu 牢固 láogù

Sooner or later, life will put the relationship to the test.

这样 zhè yàng de 动议 dòng yì bèi 视为 shì wéi duì 后座 hòu zuò 议员 yì yuán 立场 lìchǎng de 考验 kǎoyàn

Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion.

考验 kǎoyàn Decomposition

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考验 kǎoyàn Compounds

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