高中 gāozhōng senior high school
senior high school; short for 高级中学
How to remember 高中: 高 high + 中 middle = senior high school.
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How it is used
- Senior high school, grades 10-12 - 上高中 (shàng gāozhōng) to attend high school; 高中生 (gāozhōngshēng) a high-schooler.
- Part of the 初中/高中 (chūzhōng/gāozhōng) split: junior vs senior middle school; both are 中学 (zhōngxué).
- Watch the reading - here 中 is zhōng (level 1), and 高 keeps its plain 'high' sense.
Example sentences
- 我是个高中生。 Wǒ shì gè gāozhōngshēng.I'm a high school student.
- 她上女子高中。 Tā shàng nǚzǐ gāozhōng.She goes to a girls' high school.
- 我当时是高中生。 Wǒ dāngshí shì gāozhōngshēng.I was a high school student at that time.