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考察

kǎo chá

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

考察 (kǎo chá) means "to inspect". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 考察 means

1. to inspect
2. to observe and study
3. on-the-spot investigation

The characters in 考察

• 考kǎoto beat; to hit; variant of 考
• 察cháto examine; to inquire; to observe

Example sentences

• 我发现实地考察很有教育意义。
  I found the field trip very educational.

Words starting with 考察

• 考察团kǎo chá tuáninspection team
• 考察队kǎo chá duìinvestigation team; scientific expedition
• 考察船kǎo chá chuánsurvey ship

Sounds the same

Read kǎo chá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 考查to investigate; to study

Where 考察 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · gāng–kě (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kǎo chá correctly.
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