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Elementary school in Chinese

elementary school · HSK 1

小学 xiǎo xué

  1. 小 xiǎo small
  2. 学 xué to study

Counted with 所: 一所小学 yì suǒ xiǎoxué

我弟弟在上小学。 My little brother is in elementary school.

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How do you say elementary school in Chinese?

Elementary school in Chinese is 小学 (xiǎo xué).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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