市长
shìzhǎng
mayor
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
市city
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長long
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8 strokes · 5.5s
Examples
- 新市长承诺改善交通。The new mayor promised to improve traffic.
- 市长出席了开幕式。The mayor attended the opening ceremony.
Collocations
新市长市长选举副市长市长办公室
Mnemonic
市 shì "city" + 长 zhǎng "chief": the head of a city, i.e. a mayor. 长 reads zhǎng. Caution: the Sino-Korean cognate covers both 市长 (mayor) and 市场 (market, shìchǎng), but in Chinese these are entirely distinct. Same office series as 省长 / 县长.
Related
省长县长区长部长
Quick check
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