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投考

投考

Chinese

		to throw; to send	to check; to verify; to test to check; to verify; to test; to examine
simp. and trad. (投考)		投	考

Verb

投考

to sign up for an exam (especially for college acceptance)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tóukǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ haau²
Min Nan (POJ): tâu-khó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tóukǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourkao
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ haau²
  - Yale: tàuh háau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ haau²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ hɑːu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-khó
  - Tâi-lô: tâu-khó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dau'qoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² kʰɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² kʰɤ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taʊ¹³⁻²² kʰɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taʊ²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴¹/