<p>I am hoping for a word that, when spoken, is short in duration.  In English, I would say "success" or "passed" or "good".  In Chinese, I would say....?</p>

<p>When I say, "Chinese", I realize there are multiple dialects.  Mandarin is probably a safe bet, except I understand the region where I'll be using the phrase is (according to Google) predominantly Cantonese.  A word that is the same in both would be awesome, if possible.</p>

<p>Of course I can find Google's translations and spoken tools exist for those translations, but I have no idea if the literal translations work in context.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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2015-09-11T02:01:29.387Z
What type of test? There are different words for school exams, factory QA tests, auditions, etc.
NS.X.
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2015-09-11T04:42:52.680Z
it seems iciba has sufficiently many examples applying to any possible  exam or test
user6065
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2015-09-11T23:06:56.700Z
I think most people would just say "pass" in English in that situation, I rarely hear anyone says it in Chinese. (I am from Taiwan, I don't know how other Chinese speaking country says)
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Chinese word for "passed" in the sense of "the test was successful"
# Chinese word for "passed" in the sense of "the test was successful"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-09-10)

I am hoping for a word that, when spoken, is short in duration. In English, I would say "success" or "passed" or "good". In Chinese, I would say....?

When I say, "Chinese", I realize there are multiple dialects. Mandarin is probably a safe bet, except I understand the region where I'll be using the phrase is (according to Google) predominantly Cantonese. A word that is the same in both would be awesome, if possible.

Of course I can find Google's translations and spoken tools exist for those translations, but I have no idea if the literal translations work in context.

Thanks.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What type of test? There are different words for school exams, factory QA tests, auditions, etc.  
> **username_2**: it seems iciba has sufficiently many examples applying to any possible  exam or test  
> **username_3**: I think most people would just say "pass" in English in that situation, I rarely hear anyone says it in Chinese. (I am from Taiwan, I don't know how other Chinese speaking country says)  

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