应试

應試
yìngshì
verb #89,808

Meanings

  1. 1 to take an exam
  2. 2 exam-oriented

Examples

HSK 5
Yìngshì jiàoyù ràng xuésheng zhǐ huì zuò tí, bú huì sīkǎo.
Exam-oriented education leaves students able to answer test questions but not to think.
HSK 6
Kǎoshēng yìngshì shí bùdé xiédài shǒujī.
Candidates may not bring mobile phones into the exam.

Tips

usage
Mostly heard in 应试教育 'exam-oriented education', the target of decades of school reform, set against 素质教育 'well-rounded education'. 应试技巧 are exam techniques. 应 is fourth tone here, 'to respond to', as in 应聘 (to apply for a job).

Stroke Order

应 yīng
试 shì