贡士

貢士

gòngshì

noun

Measure Word

一名贡士 míng

Meanings

1 (imperial China) candidate who passed the metropolitan examination
2 tribute scholar

Characters

Examples

他考中了贡士。

Tā kǎozhòng le gòngshì.

He passed and became a tribute scholar.

贡士还要参加殿试才能成为进士。

Gòngshì hái yào cānjiā diànshì cái néng chéngwéi jìnshì.

A gòngshì still had to sit the palace examination before becoming a jìnshì.

Tips

history

In the Ming and Qing imperial exam system, candidates who passed the 会试 (metropolitan exam) were called 贡士. They then sat the 殿试 (palace exam) to be ranked as 进士.

Stroke Order

贡 gòng

士 shì