高三

Chinese

		high; tall	three
simp. and trad. (高三)		高	三
anagram		三高

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāosān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄙㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ saam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāosān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄙㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaosan
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-san¹
    • Yale: gāu-sān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gausan
    • Palladius: гаосань (gaosanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ saam¹
    • Yale: gōu sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵/

Noun

高三

1. (Mainland China, Taiwan) third year in senior high school, equivalent to twelfth grade in North America

Synonyms

• (Hong Kong) 中六 (zhōngliù)
• (Singapore) 高二 (gāo'èr)

See also

• 初一 (chūyī)
• 初二 (chū'èr)
• 初三 (chūsān)
• 高一 (gāoyī)
• 高二 (gāo'èr)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	三
こう Grade: 2	さん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Contraction of 高校三年 (kōkō sannen, “third grade of high school”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーさん [kòósáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsã̠ɴ]

Noun

高(こう)三(さん) • (kōsan) ^{←かうさん (kausan)?}

1. (education) third year in senior high school; twelfth grade
2. (education) third-year student in senior high school

Coordinate terms

• 小一(しょういち) (shōichi, “first grade”)
• 小二(しょうに) (shōni, “second grade”)
• 小三(しょうさん) (shōsan, “third grade”)
• 小四(しょうよん) (shōyon, “fourth grade”)
• 小五(しょうご) (shōgo, “fifth grade”)
• 小六(しょうろく) (shōroku, “sixth grade”)
• 中一(ちゅういち) (chūichi, “seventh grade”)
• 中二(ちゅうに) (chūni, “eighth grade”)
• 中三(ちゅうさん) (chūsan, “ninth grade”)
• 高一(こういち) (kōichi, “tenth grade”)
• 高二(こうに) (kōni, “eleventh grade”)