English Explanatory Dictionary

gaokao

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ɡaʊˈkaʊ/ gouʹkouʹ

Word forms

gaokao

Etymology

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

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