考试题 (kǎo shì tí) — exam question; test item

Definition

noun
exam questiontest item
Measure word · 道

Examples

  • 考试题，。
    Zhè dào kǎo shì tí hěn nán, quán bān zhǐ yǒu yí gè rén dá duì le.
    This exam question was so hard that only one person in the whole class got it right.
  • 考试题。
    Lǎo shī zhèng zài jiǎn chá wǒ men zuò de kǎo shì tí.
    The teacher is checking the exam questions we answered.
  • 考试题。
    Fù xí de shí hou yào duō kàn yǐ qián de kǎo shì tí.
    When reviewing, you should look at past exam questions more.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

考试test
考kǎotest试shìtest
联合Side by side
题tíquestion

考试题: 考试 test and 题 question give a question from a test.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 耂耂lǎoan old man with long hair, bent over
  • 丂丂kǎoa walking cane

In 考, the upper 耂 is an old man with long hair, bent over, and the lower 丂 is a walking cane.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 試; 试 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
式
式shì試shì
Same sound today

The traditional form 試 puts 言 beside 式, and 式 gives the sound; the simplified 试 is the form of this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 題; 题 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
是
是shì題tí
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 题, the traditional form 題 uses 是 for sound and 頁 for head, and means 'forehead'.

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