中心小学

中心小學

zhōngxīnxiǎoxué

noun

Measure Word

一所中心小学 suǒ

Meanings

1 central primary school (main primary school in a township or district, usually the best-resourced one)

Characters

middle, central

Examples

他在乡里的中心小学教书。

Tā zài xiāng lǐ de zhōngxīnxiǎoxué jiāoshū.

He teaches at the township's central primary school.

中心小学管辖周边几个村的教学点。

Zhōngxīnxiǎoxué guǎnxiá zhōubiān jǐ ge cūn de jiàoxuédiǎn.

The central primary school oversees several village teaching points in the surrounding area.

Tips

culture

In rural China each township (乡镇) typically has one 中心小学 that serves as the hub school, and smaller 村小 (village schools) or 教学点 (teaching points) feed into it. Teachers rotate between the hub and the outposts. In cities, 中心小学 names a district's flagship primary school.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

心 xīn

小 xiǎo

学 xué