| 初 |
chū jí xiǎo xué | lower elementary school (abbr. to 初小) |
| 初 |
chū | at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic |
| 初 |
chū jí | junior / primary |
| 级 |
jí | level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:个 / classifier: step, level |
| 小 |
xiǎo | small / tiny / few / young |
| 小 |
xiǎo xué | elementary school; primary school |
| 学 |
xué | to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology |