中小学

Character by character

• 中zhōng4 strokesHSK 1central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
• 小xiǎo3 strokesHSK 1small, tiny, insignificant
• 学xué8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 學learning, knowledge; school

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 中小学. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 中zhōngHSK 1

  within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right

• 小xiǎoHSK 1

  small; tiny; few; young

• 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1

  hour

• 学校xué xiàoHSK 1

  school

• 其中qí zhōngHSK 2

  among; in; included among these

• 学xuéHSK 1

  to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology

• 学生xué shengHSK 1

  student; schoolchild

• 中心zhōng xīnHSK 2

  center; heart; core

• 中国zhōng guóHSK 1

  China

• 学习xué xíHSK 1

  to learn; to study

• 大学dà xuéHSK 1

  university; college

• 集中jí zhōngHSK 3

  to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together

• 科学kē xuéHSK 2

  science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational

• 小心xiǎo xīnHSK 2

  to be careful; to take care

• 小姐xiǎo jieHSK 1

  young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute

• 之中zhī zhōngHSK 5

  inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during

• 小组xiǎo zǔHSK 2

  group

• 同学tóng xuéHSK 1

  to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate

• 中间zhōng jiānHSK 1

  the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime

• 学会xué huìHSK 6

  to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association

• 中央zhōng yāngHSK 5

  central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)

• 心中xīn zhōngHSK 2

  central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart

• 高中gāo zhōngHSK 2

  senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学

• 学院xué yuànHSK 1

  college; educational institute; school; faculty