| 初级中学 |
chū jí zhōng xué |
junior high school; junior middle school; lower secondary school |
| 初 |
chū |
(bound form) at first; initially / (bound form) first; early / (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三 "the third" |
| 初级 |
chū jí |
junior / primary |
| 级 |
jí |
level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:个 / classifier: step, level |
| 中 |
Zhōng |
(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong |
| 中 |
zhōng |
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 |
zhòng |
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery) |
| 中学 |
zhōng xué |
middle school |
| 学 |
xué |
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology |