貢士 [贡－]

Jyutping gung3 si6
Pinyin gòng shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試|殿试[dian4 shi4])
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    古時​科舉​制度​中​，​喺​會​試​及格​，​但​未​經殿​試​嘅​考生
    a successful candidate in the imperial examinations at the metropolitan level in the Ming and Qing dynasties
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, historical
    in the imperial examination system, a recognized scholarly achiever who passed the triennial national exam