HSK 3.0 Level 1 · School

中学 zhōngxué “middle school” in Chinese

Traditional 中學

What 中学 means

  1. middle school

How to say 中学

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale中zhōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale学xué2nd tone, rising

中学 in a sentence

  1. 他在一所中学工作。

    Tā zài yì suǒ zhōngxué gōngzuò.

    He works at a high school.

    Sentence #6452012 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我是在日本上的中学。

    Wǒ shì zài Rìběn shàng de zhōngxué.

    I went to high school in Japan.

    Sentence #2737437 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我和她在中学是一个班的。

    Wǒ hé tā zài zhōngxué shì yí ge bān de.

    She and I were in the same class at high school.

    Sentence #820899 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 中学 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 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.

The character 学 (xué) with each of its parts in a different colour
学xuéto learn
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA roof 冖 over a child 子 at study.

How to write 中学

中 4 strokes · 学 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 中学

Words with 中

中午zhōngwǔ · noon中国Zhōngguó · China中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student高中gāozhōng · senior high school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

Words with 学

学xué · to learn学生xuésheng · student同学tóngxué · classmate学校xuéxiào · school学习xuéxí · to study大学dàxué · university上学shàngxué · to go to school小学xiǎoxué · elementary school大学生dàxuéshēng · university student小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student

More words: School & Work

下课xiàkè · to finish class小学xiǎoxué · elementary school小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student学xué · to learn中学生zhōngxuéshēng · middle-school student本子běnzi · book词cí · word高中gāozhōng · senior high school

FAQs

中学 (zhōngxué) means “middle school”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it zhōngxué: zhōng with a 1st tone, then xué with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 中学 is written 中學. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhongxue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 中学 from the suggestions. Typing zhongxue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
中学 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 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.