| kǎo | to check/to verify/to test/to examine/to take an exam |
| 考 | to check to verify to test |
| 考上 | to pass a university entrance exam |
| 考中 | to pass an exam |
| 考克斯 | Cox (surname) |
| 考克斯报告 | Cox Report Report of the Select Committee on US National Security and Military-Commercial Concerns with the PRC (1999); Committee Chairman Republican Rep. Chris Cox |
| 考入 | to pass entrance exam to enter college after a competitive exam |
| 考分 | grade exam mark |
| 考利 | Cowley |
| 考务 | examination affairs |
| 考勤 | exam records attendance roll |
| 考勤制度 | an attendance checking system |
| 考勤卡 | a time card |
| 考勤簿 | exam attendance register |
| 考包 | kobo |
| 考区 | the exam area the district where an exam takes place |
| 考卷 | an exam paper |
| 考取 | to pass an entrance exam |
| 考古 | archaeology |
| 考古发掘 | archaeological excavation |
| 考古学 | archaeology |