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笔试

bǐ shì

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 筆試

笔试 (bǐ shì) means "written examination; paper test (for an applicant)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 笔试 means

1. written examination
2. paper test (for an applicant)

The characters in 笔试

• 笔bǐwriting brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc); brushstroke…
• 试shìto test; to try; experiment

Sounds the same

Read bǐ shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鄙视to despise; to disdain; to look down upon
• 比试to have a competition; to measure with one's hand or arm; to make a gesture of measuring

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǐ shì correctly.
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