中学

zhōng xué

HSK 1Noun (名)

Basic Meaning

refers to institutions providing secondary education for teenagers

middle school; secondary school

对青少年实施中等教育的学校。

Words:

高级中学初级中学

Sentences:

我(wǒ)的(de)孩(hái)子(zi)在(zài)高(gāo)级(jí)中(zhōng)学(xué)读(dú)书(shū)。
My child studies at a senior high school.
这(zhè)所(suǒ)初(chū)级(jí)中(zhōng)学(xué)有(yǒu)很(hěn)好(hǎo)的(de)老(lǎo)师(shī)。
This junior high school has excellent teachers.
中(zhōng)学(xué)教(jiào)育(yù)对(duì)青(qīng)少(shǎo)年(nián)很(hěn)重(zhòng)要(yào)。
Secondary education is very important for teenagers.

used from the late Qing dynasty to around the May Fourth Movement to refer to traditional Chinese academic studies

traditional Chinese learning (historical term)

清末到五四运动前后对中国传统学术的称呼。

Sentences:

在(zài)清(qīng)末(mò)，中(zhōng)学(xué)指(zhǐ)的(de)是(shì)中(zhōng)国(guó)传(chuán)统(tǒng)学(xué)术(shù)。
In the late Qing dynasty, 'zhongxue' referred to traditional Chinese learning.

center; middle

learn; study