总统
zǒngtǒng
president (of a country)
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 美国总统每四年选举一次。The U.S. president is elected once every four years.
- 总统就重要问题发表了讲话。The president delivered a speech on an important issue.
Collocations
美国总统总统选举总统府当选总统
Mnemonic
总 zǒng "to head" + 统 tǒng "to govern": the head of state who governs the whole nation, i.e. the president (of a republic). Korean renders this as daetongnyeong; the look-alike Korean "chongtong" has a different, leader-title nuance.
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