四级 (sìjí): CET-4 (College English Test Ban…

Meanings

1 CET-4 (College English Test Band 4)
2 level 4
3 grade 4

Characters

四

Examples

他大一就考过了四级。

Tā dàyī jiù kǎo guò le sìjí.

He passed CET-4 in his freshman year.

四级没过，很多学校不发毕业证。

Sìjí méi guò, hěn duō xuéxiào bù fā bìyèzhèng.

Without passing CET-4, many universities won't issue a diploma.

Tips

culture

On Chinese campuses 四级 defaults to 大学英语四级 — the national College English Test Band 4 (CET-4). Taken by nearly every undergrad. 六级 (CET-6) is the next tier. Outside this context, 四级 just means 'level 4' (e.g. earthquake 四级, typhoon 四级).