县试

縣試

xiànshì

noun

Meanings

1 county-level imperial examination
2 the first stage of the civil service exam in Ming and Qing China

Characters

Examples

他十五岁就通过了县试。

Tā shíwǔ suì jiù tōngguò le xiànshì.

He passed the county exam at the age of fifteen.

县试是科举考试的第一关。

Xiànshì shì kējǔ kǎoshì de dìyī guān.

The county exam was the first stage of the imperial examination system.

Tips

history

县试 was held in the spring by the county magistrate. Passing led to 府试 (prefectural exam) and then 院试; only after all three did a candidate become a 秀才.

Stroke Order

县 xiàn

试 shì