How to say “director” in Chinese
director (of an institute, hospital)
“Director” in Chinese is 院长, yuàn zhǎng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
院长 is read yuàn zhǎng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Its second reading is zhǎng, “grow”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “院长”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 院长. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 王教授是我们学院的院长。WángjiàoshòushìwǒmenxuéyuàndeyuànzhǎngProfessor Wang is the dean of our school.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “director” in Chinese?
“Director” in Chinese is 院长, pinyin yuànzhǎng.
What does 院长 mean?
院长 (yuànzhǎng) means “director (of an institute, hospital)”.
How do you write 院长?
院长 is 2 characters: 院 (yuàn) — courtyard, institution; 长 (cháng) — long. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 院长?
院长 is read yuànzhǎng. Tones: yuàn — fourth tone, zhǎng — third tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“director” in the lesson “School, professor, scholarship”
This word is from the topic “University and goals” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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