中等 zhōngděng medium
How to remember 中等: 中 middle + 等 wait for = medium.
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How it is used
- Medium grade or level - 中等身材 (zhōngděng shēncái) a medium build; 中等收入 (zhōngděng shōurù) middle income.
- Sits between 高等 (gāoděng, higher) and 低等/初等; e.g. 中等教育 (zhōngděng jiàoyù) secondary education.
- Here 中 is 1st tone zhōng ('middle'), and 等 means 'grade/rank', not 'to wait'.