报考 bàokǎo to enter oneself for an examination
How to remember 报考: 报 report + 考 to test = to enter oneself for an examination.
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How it is used
- Verb meaning to register to sit an examination, typically for entry to a school or program - 报考大学 (bàokǎo dàxué), apply/sit exams to enter a university.
- Distinct from 报名 (bàomíng), the general verb for signing up for anything (a class, a race, a competition); 报考 is specifically about entering an examination-based selection process.
- 他报考了北京大学 (tā bàokǎo le Běijīng Dàxué) - he applied to take the entrance exam for Peking University.