| 汉语水平考试 |
Hàn yǔ Shuǐ píng Kǎo shì |
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) |
| 汉 |
Hàn |
Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
| 汉 |
hàn |
man |
| 汉语 |
Hàn yǔ |
Chinese language |
| 语 |
yǔ |
dialect / language / speech |
| 语 |
yù |
(literary) to tell; to let (sb) know |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 水平 |
shuǐ píng |
level (of achievement etc) / standard / horizontal |
| 平 |
Píng |
surname Ping |
| 平 |
píng |
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平声 |
| 考 |
kǎo |
to beat / to hit / variant of 考 / to inspect / to test / to take an exam |
| 考 |
kǎo |
to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father |
| 考试 |
kǎo shì |
to take an exam / exam / CL:次 |
| 试 |
shì |
to test / to try / experiment / examination / test |