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English

1. top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
2. see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]
3. top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]
4. (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
5. leading light
6. number-one scholar; foremost person, usu. in the court exam, the highest grade one of imperial civil service examinationsunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 古時科舉入面，喺最高級嘅殿試考獲第一嘅考生，分別高過榜眼、探花；現代就借指喺高考、文憑試之類公開試裏面考獲最佳成績嘅考生（量詞：位／名）unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  佢係今年畢業試嘅狀元，全科優異。

  She is the number-one scholar in this year's final exam. She got distinctions for all the subjects.