Chinese

初中

/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
junior high school
  • HSK 3

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Origin

Short for 初級中學／初级中学 (chūjí zhōngxué).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • characterChinese初 “initial; inceptive”
    • ideaChinese衣 “garment; clothes; clothing (Classifier: 件)”
    • ideaChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”
  • characterChinese中 “middle; center”

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