中等(ちゅうとう)

ちゅうとう
noun, no-adjective
middle-level; secondary; intermediate
formaleducation
1. middle-level; secondary; intermediate
Refers to the middle level in a ranking or classification, especially in education where it denotes secondary-level schooling.
中等(ちゅうとう)教育(きょういく)を受(う)ける。
To receive secondary education.
中等(ちゅうとう)教育(きょういく)学校(がっこう)に通(かよ)っている。
I attend a combined junior and senior high school.
日本(にほん)の中等(ちゅうとう)教育(きょういく)は中学校(ちゅうがっこう)と高等学校(こうとうがっこう)から成(な)る。
Secondary education in Japan consists of junior high school and high school.

Used almost only as the first part of compounds about schooling. 中等(ちゅうとう) sits between 初等(しょとう) (elementary/primary) and 高等(こうとう) (higher/advanced).

Related words

Compounds

  • 中等(ちゅうとう)教育(きょういく)学校(がっこう): secondary school combining junior and senior high in one six-year school
  • 中等部(ちゅうとうぶ): the junior high division of a private school that also has a high school (高等部(こうとうぶ))

Related Words

Compare: 高等(こうとう) (high-level, advanced, higher)
Related: 初等教育(しょとうきょういく) (primary/elementary education)
Related: 高等教育(こうとうきょういく) (higher education)
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