联考

聯考

liánkǎo

noun

Measure Word

一次联考 cì

Meanings

1 joint exam
2 unified entrance exam (across schools/regions)

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

艺术生需要参加美术联考。

Yìshù shēng xūyào cānjiā měishù liánkǎo.

Art students need to take the fine-arts provincial joint exam.

HSK 5

几所学校一起组织了联考。

Jǐ suǒ xuéxiào yìqǐ zǔzhī le liánkǎo.

A few schools jointly organized a combined exam.

Tips

usage

联 (joint) + 考 (exam). Most common in 美术联考, the province-wide fine-arts entrance exam art majors must pass before sitting the gaokao. Also used for inter-school practice-exam consortia.

Stroke Order

联 lián

考 kǎo