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考生

考生

Chinese

		to check; to verify; to test to check; to verify; to test; to examine	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (考生)		考	生

Noun

考生

exam candidate; examinee

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kǎoshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau² sang¹
Min Nan (POJ): khóⁿ-sng / khó-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kǎoshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaosheng
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau² sang¹
  - Yale: háau sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau² sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑːu̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-sng
  - Tâi-lô: khónn-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvofsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-seng
  - Tâi-lô: khó-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoysefng
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɤ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/