中学

See also: 中學

Chinese

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

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
中學 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうがく [chúꜜùgàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨːɡa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

中(ちゅう)学(がく) • (chūgaku) 

1. middle school (7th through 9th years overall)
   • 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “近況”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム), 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), 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)