Meaning of 市长
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- mayor
How to use 市长
市长 is the normal word for a city mayor, and it often follows a city name or a surname as a title. Example: 北京市长今天来了。(Běijīng shìzhǎng jīntiān lái le.) The mayor of Beijing came today.
市 (shì) means city, and 长 (zhǎng) means head or chief. The head of a city is the mayor.
Common mistake: Learners often read 长 as cháng (long) here, but in titles meaning chief it is zhǎng, as in 校长 (xiàozhǎng) and 队长 (duìzhǎng). Also, 市 in 超市 (chāoshì) means market, so do not assume every 市 means city.
市长 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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市 shì · market · 5 strokes
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长 cháng · long · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 市长.
| 长大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |
| 队长 | duìzhǎng | captain; team leader |
| 校长 | xiàozhǎng | (college, university) president; headmaster |
| 家长 | jiāzhǎng | head of a household; family head |
| 超市 | chāoshì | supermarket (abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场[chao1 ji2 shi4 chang3]) |
| 院长 | yuànzhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university presi |
| 组长 | zǔzhǎng | group leader |
| 班长 | bānzhǎng | class monitor; squad leader |
| 城市 | chéngshì | city; town |
| 市场 | shìchǎng | marketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market |
| 部长 | bùzhǎng | head of a (government etc) department; section chief |
| 成长 | chéngzhǎng | to mature; to grow |
Questions about 市长
What does 市长 mean?
市长 (shìzhǎng) means "mayor" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 市长?
市长 is made of 2 characters: 市 (5 strokes), 长 (4 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 市长 an HSK word?
Yes. 市长 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 市长 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 市长 is written 市長.
How do you address a mayor by name in Chinese?
Put the surname before the title, like 王市长 (Wáng shìzhǎng), Mayor Wang. This is the polite and common way to address or mention a mayor.
What is the word for deputy mayor?
Deputy mayor is 副市长 (fù shìzhǎng). The prefix 副 (fù) means deputy or vice, and it works with other titles too, like 副校长 (fù xiàozhǎng), vice principal.