乡试

Traditional form:

鄉試

Pinyin (reading):

xiāngshì

Definitions:

• the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing

Characters:

• 乡 - country, village; rural
• 试 - to try, to experiment; exam, test

Traditional characters:

• 鄉 - country, village; rural
• 試 - to try, to experiment; exam, test