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Jyutping haau2 soeng5
Pinyin kǎo shang

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to pass an entrance examination

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Jyutping haau2 soeng5
Pinyin kǎo shàng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to pass a university entrance exam
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to pass an entrance examination
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他努力学习,为的是能够考上大学。
    他努力學習,為的是能夠考上大學。
    tā nǔ lì xué xí , wèi de shì néng gòu kǎo shàng dà xué 。
    • He studied hard in order to get into college.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    又没考上,寒碜死了。
    又沒考上,寒磣死了。
    yòu méi kǎo shàng , hán chen sǐ le .
    • I failed the test again, how embarrassing!
  2. Mandarin
    多亏你的鼓励和帮助,我才得以考上好的大学。
    多虧你的鼓勵和幫助,我才得以考上好的大學。
    duō kuī nǐ de gǔ lì hé bāng zhù , wǒ cái dé yǐ kǎo shàng hǎo de dà xué .
    • Thanks to your help and encouragement, I got into a good university.