HSK 3.0 Level 2 · School

高中 gāozhōng “senior high school” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 高中 means

  1. senior high school
  2. senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学)

How to say 高中

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale高gāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale中zhōng1st tone, high and level

高中 in a sentence

  1. 我上高中的时候学过法语。

    Wǒ shàng gāozhōng de shíhou xuéguo Fǎyǔ.

    I studied French when I was in high school.

    Sentence #10047707 from Tatoeba

  2. 你要去哪个高中读书？

    Nǐ yào qù nǎge gāozhōng dúshū?

    Which high school are you going to study in?

    Sentence #499648 from Tatoeba

  3. 我母亲在高中教书。

    Wǒ mǔqīn zài gāozhōng jiāoshū.

    My mother teaches at a high school.

    Sentence #10280080 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 高中 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 高 (gāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
高gāohigh
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 冋desert · jiōng

Memory aidDrawn from a tall tower: high, tall.

The character 中 (zhōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
中zhōngwithin; among; in
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 丨line · gǔn

Memory aidA line 丨 through the centre of a box 口: the middle.

How to write 高中

高 10 strokes · 中 4 strokes

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高中 (gāozhōng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 高中 (gāozhōng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 高中

Words with 高

高兴gāoxìng · happy高gāo · tall提高tígāo · to raise高铁gāotiě · high-speed rail身高shēngāo · (a person’s) height高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway高级gāojí · high level高档gāodàng · superior quality崇高chónggāo · lofty高超gāochāo · superb

Words with 中

中午zhōngwǔ · noon中国Zhōngguó · China中学zhōngxué · middle school中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student中zhōng · middle中间zhōngjiān · middle中文Zhōngwén · Chinese language初中chūzhōng · junior high school其中qízhōng · among中旬zhōngxún · middle third of a month

More words: School & Work

中学zhōngxué · middle school中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student本子běnzi · book词cí · word开学kāixué · to start a new school term校园xiàoyuán · campus开会kāihuì · to have a meeting难题nántí · difficult problem

FAQs

高中 (gāozhōng) means “senior high school” or “senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学)”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it gāozhōng: gāo with a 1st tone, then zhōng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 高中 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaozhong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 高中 from the suggestions. Typing gaozhong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
高中 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.