| 普通高中 |
pǔ tōng gāo zhōng |
general academic senior high school (as opposed to vocational high schools) |
| 普 |
pǔ |
general / popular / everywhere / universal |
| 普通 |
pǔ tōng |
common / ordinary / general / average |
| 通 |
tōng |
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 |
tòng |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
| 高 |
Gāo |
surname Gao |
| 高 |
gāo |
high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) |
| 高中 |
gāo zhōng |
senior high school / abbr. for 高级中学 |
| 高中 |
gāo zhòng |
to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion) |
| 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) |