gaokao
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gaokao
- /ɡaʊˈkaʊ/
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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 高考 (gāokǎo, literally “higher [education] [entrance] examination”).
noun gaokao
- The National Higher Education Entrance Examination held annually in China as a prerequisite for entrance into most forms of higher education. 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 examina
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Talk about this word "gaokao." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gaokao. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gaokao. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gaokao "gaokao." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gaokao.Cite this
@misc{gaokao_2026,
title = {gaokao},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gaokao},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
