初中 (chū zhōng) means “junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学)”. It is an HSK 3 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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我的女儿今年上初中一年级。
Wǒ de nǚ'ér jīnnián shàng chūzhōng yī niánjí.
My daughter is in the first year of junior high school this year.
Updated: 2026-07-18