投考

Chinese

		to throw; to send	to check; to verify; to test to check; to verify; to test; to examine
simp. and trad. (投考)		投	考

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóukǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ haau²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-khóⁿ / tâu-khó / tiô-khóⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁵ kao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóukǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóukǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-kʻao³
    • Yale: tóu-kǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourkao
    • Palladius: тоукао (toukao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ haau²
    • Yale: tàuh háau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ haau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ hao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ haːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-khóⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-khónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau'qvor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-khó
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-khó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau'qoir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² kʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² kʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-khóⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiô-khónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioi'qvor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁵ kao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâu kháu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰau⁵²/

Verb

投考

1. to sign up for an examination (especially for college acceptance)

Synonyms

• 報考／报考 (bàokǎo)