初中生 (chū zhōng shēng) — junior high school student

Definition

noun
junior high school student
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 初中生。
    Tā shì zhè ge xué xiào de chū zhōng shēng.
    He is a junior high school student at this school.
  • 初中生。
    Zhè xiē chū zhōng shēng zhèng zài cān jiā shù xué bǐ sài.
    These junior high school students are participating in a math competition.
  • 初中生。
    Tā shì yì míng yōu xiù de chū zhōng shēng.
    She is an excellent junior high school student.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

初中junior high
初chūjunior中zhōngmiddle
偏正Modifier + head
生shēngstudent

A 生 studies at 初中, the junior middle school.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

初 combines 衤 (clothes) and 刀 (knife), showing the start of making clothes by cutting cloth.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

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