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中学

zhōng xué · zhong xue

Traditional 中學

HSK 1

Meaning

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  1. middle school
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Back at the old school

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，这(zhè)是(shì)我的(wǒde)中学(zhōngxué)。

    Look, this is my middle school.

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)在(zài)这儿(zhèr)上(shàng)了(le)几年(jǐnián)中学(zhōngxué)？

    How many years did you attend middle school here?

  3. Dengdeng

    三年(sānnián)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)进去(jìnqù)看看(kànkan)老(lǎo)教室(jiàoshì)。

    Three years. I want to go in and see my old classroom.

  4. Liangliang

    门口(ménkǒu)写(xiě)着(zhe)，中学生(zhōngxuéshēng)以外(yǐwài)的(de)人(rén)不能(bùnéng)进(jìn)。

    The sign at the gate says no one but middle school students may enter.

  5. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)以前(yǐqián)是(shì)中学生(zhōngxuéshēng)啊(a)！

    But I used to be a middle school student!

  6. Liangliang

    以前(yǐqián)的(de)中学生(zhōngxuéshēng)不算(bùsuàn)。

    A former middle school student does not count.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)父(fù)亲(qīn)是(shì)一(yí)个(gè)中(zhōng)学(xué)英(yīng)文(wén)教(jiào)师(shī)。

My father teaches English at a high school.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)妹(mèi)妹(mei)在(zài)中(zhōng)学(xué)里(lǐ)学(xué)法(fǎ)语(yǔ)。

My younger sister studies French in middle school.

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中
zhōng

within; among; in; middle; center

学
xué

to learn; to study

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