中学

中学

See also: 中學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 中学 – see 中學 (“secondary school; etc.”). (This term, 中学, is the simplified form of 中學.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	学
ちゅう Grade: 1	がく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
中學 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) ちゅ​うがく [chúꜜùgàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

中(ちゅう)学(がく) • (chūgaku)  (kyūjitai 中學)

1. middle school (7th through 9th years overall)
   • 1996 February 20 [February 15 1988], Mitsuru Adachi, “近況 [How It’s Going Now]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 1 (fiction), 25th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 15:

     中(ちゅう)学(がく)時(じ)代(だい)からモテる男(おとこ)ではあったが、４(よ)年(ねん)たって手(て)がつけられなくなったなァ。

     Chūgaku jidai kara moteru otoko de wa atta ga, yonen tatte te ga tsukerare naku natta nā.

     He was a popular guy during his years at junior high, and four years later he’s now on an even higher level of awesomeness.

Related terms

• 中(ちゅう)学(がっ)校(こう) (chūgakkō)
• 小(しょう)学(がく) (shōgaku)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN