报考
HSK 4 (exam 2025)
报考 (bàokǎo) · to register for an exam
报考 (bàokǎo) means “to register for an exam”. It is written with 2 characters: 报 (newspaper) + 考 (to take an exam). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 报考 is built
The characters
报 bào · newspaper
What 报 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 卩jié — seal
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
Origin hint: A hand 扌 cuffing 又 a criminal 卩, representing sentencing (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
考 kǎo · to take an exam
What 考 is made of
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 丂kǎo — obstruction of breath (qi)
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 耂 gives the meaning, 丂 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
她报考了北京大学。Tā bàokǎo le Běijīng Dàxué.She applied to take the exam for Peking University.
今年报考的学生很多。Jīnnián bàokǎo de xuésheng hěn duō.Many students registered for the exam this year.
Questions about 报考
What does 报考 mean?
报考 (bàokǎo) means “to register for an exam”.
How do you pronounce 报考?
报考 is pronounced bàokǎo.
Which HSK level is 报考?
报考 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025).
Related words
- 报名bàomíngto sign up
- 报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
- 日报rìbàodaily newspaper
- 晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper
- 报到bàodàoto register
- 报道bàodàoto report (news)
- 报告bàogàoreport
- 预报yùbàoforecast
- 汇报huìbàoto report
- 报社bàoshènewspaper office
Learn 报考 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 · Group 2: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.