高中

gāozhōng

Traditional: 高中

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Translation

senior high school, upper secondary school

Word origin

A compound of 高 (gāo, high, senior) and 中 (zhōng, short for 中学, middle school), naming the senior stage of secondary education.

Origin
compound
Root
高 (gāo, senior) + 中 (zhōng, middle school)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 高

Stroke order for 中

Examples

My daughter starts senior high school this year.

His grades were very good in high school.

The three years of senior high school are hard work.

We were classmates in high school.

jīng

After finishing high school she went to Beijing.

高中 (gāozhōng) means senior high school, the upper three years of Chinese secondary education, as opposed to 初中 (chūzhōng), junior high. It is short for 高级中学.

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