粵

鄉hoeng1試si5

simp乡试
hoeng1 si5xiāng shì

English

  1. the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
  2. primary imperial examination

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 古時科舉制度中，各省每三年舉行一次嘅考試。合格者稱為「舉人」，已獲做官嘅最低資格。因為唐朝時呢種考試叫作「解試」，所以考第一嘅人就叫「解元」，前五名稱為「經魁」

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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