考验 kǎoyàn▶ kiểm tra, bài kiểm tra

Stroke order

考验 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 考 — 6 strokes
• 验 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. to test
2. to put to the test
3. trial
4. ordeal

Related words

• 化验Kiểm tra; thử nghiệm
• 检验kiểm tra, bài kiểm tra
• 考古Khảo cổ học
• 考察Điều tra
• 考核kiểm tra; đánh giá
• 试验kiểm tra, bài kiểm tra

考验 is pronounced kǎoyàn and means “kiểm tra, bài kiểm tra”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 考验 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.