Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gaokao

/ɡaʊˈkaʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: gao-kao
IPA: /ɡaʊˈkaʊ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The National Higher Education Entrance Examination held annually in China as a prerequisite for entrance into most forms of higher education.

Example Sentences

"In recent years, education officials have made a number of proposals, including revising elementary and middle school textbooks to increase the proportion of guoxue, or the study of Chinese culture, and reducing the importance of English on some versions of the gaokao, or university entrance examination, in favor of a greater emphasis on the Chinese language."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 高考 (gāokǎo, literally “higher [education] [entrance] examination”).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 高考

Questions

How do you pronounce gaokao?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡaʊˈkaʊ/.
What does gaokao mean?: The National Higher Education Entrance Examination held annually in China as a prerequisite for entrance into most forms of higher education.
Where does gaokao come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 高考 (gāokǎo, literally “higher [education] [entrance] examination”).

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