| 考虑 | kǎo lǜ | to think over; to consider |
| 考试 | kǎo shì | to take an exam; exam |
| 考生 | kǎo shēng | exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam |
| 考察 | kǎo chá | to inspect; to observe and study |
| 高考 | gāo kǎo | college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]); (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试) |
| 参考 | cān kǎo | consultation; reference |
| 思考 | sī kǎo | to reflect on; to ponder over |
| 考核 | kǎo hé | to examine; to check up on |
| 报考 | bào kǎo | to enter oneself for an examination |
| 考验 | kǎo yàn | to test; to put to the test |
| 考古 | kǎo gǔ | archaeology |
| 考证 | kǎo zhèng | to do textual research; to make textual criticism |
