# 考察
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kǎochá
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄔㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haau$^2$ caat$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kháu-chhat
    (Hailu, HRS): kau$^ˊ$ cad
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kor$^3$ cah$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khóⁿ-chhat / khó-chhat
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kao$^2$ cag$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kǎochá
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄔㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kǎochá
*** Wade–Giles: kʻao$^3$-chʻa$^2$
*** Yale: kǎu-chá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaochar
*** Palladius: каоча (kaoča)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$考察 考查
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haau$^2$ caat$^3$
*** Yale: háau chaat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haau$^2$ tsaat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hao$^2$ cad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kháu-chhat
*** Hakka Romanization System: kau$^ˋ$ cad$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kau$^3$ cad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰau̯³¹ t͡sʰat̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: kau$^ˊ$ cad
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰau²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰat⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kor$^3$ cah$^6$ [Phonetic: kor$^2$ cah$^6$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kô̤-chah
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ t͡sʰaʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kor$^3$ cah$^6$ [Phonetic: kor$^2$ cah$^6$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɒ³³²⁻¹³ t͡sʰaʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-chhat
*** Tâi-lô: khónn-tshat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qvofzhad
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰat̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-chhat
*** Tâi-lô: khó-tshat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoyzhad
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰat̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kao$^2$ cag$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháu tshak
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰak̚²/

### Verb

考察
* to go to the scene to observe; to conduct an on-the-spot investigation; to inspect
* to do in-depth research

#### Derived terms

* 考察團 / 考察团 (kǎochátuán)

#### Related terms

* 查考 (chákǎo)
* 視察／视察 (shìchá)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 考察(こうさつ) (kōsatsu)
* → Korean: 고찰(考察) (gochal)
* → Vietnamese: khảo sát (考察)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 考 | 察 |
| こう Grade: 2 | さつ Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞ːsa̠t͡sɨ]

### Noun

考(こう)察(さつ) • (kōsatsu)
* consideration
* discussion
* speculation

### Verb

考(こう)察(さつ)する • (kōsatsu suru) suru (stem 考(こう)察(さつ)し (kōsatsu shi), past 考(こう)察(さつ)した (kōsatsu shita))
* to consider
* to discuss
* to speculate

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 考察し | こうさつし | kōsatsu shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 考察し | こうさつし | kōsatsu shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 考察する | こうさつする | kōsatsu suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 考察する | こうさつする | kōsatsu suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 考察すれ | こうさつすれ | kōsatsu sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 考察せよ¹ 考察しろ² | こうさつせよ¹ こうさつしろ² | kōsatsu seyo¹ kōsatsu shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 考察される | こうさつされる | kōsatsu sareru |
| Causative | 考察させる 考察さす | こうさつさせる こうさつさす | kōsatsu saseru kōsatsu sasu |
| Potential | 考察できる | こうさつできる | kōsatsu dekiru |
| Volitional | 考察しよう | こうさつしよう | kōsatsu shiyō |
| Negative | 考察しない | こうさつしない | kōsatsu shinai |
| Negative continuative | 考察せず | こうさつせず | kōsatsu sezu |
| Formal | 考察します | こうさつします | kōsatsu shimasu |
| Perfective | 考察した | こうさつした | kōsatsu shita |
| Conjunctive | 考察して | こうさつして | kōsatsu shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 考察すれば | こうさつすれば | kōsatsu sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||