# 初中 (chūzhōng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 初中 (chūzhōng) means “junior high school; middle school”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: junior high school; middle school
- Pinyin: chūzhōng (chu1 zhong1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 我妹妹在读初中。
  Wǒ mèimei zài dú chūzhōng.
  My younger sister is in junior high school.

## Characters

- [初](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-beginning/) (chū): beginning; early part
- [中](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-middle/) (zhōng): middle; center

https://hanziro.com/word/chu-zhong-junior-high-school/

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