庭长 (tíng zhǎng) — president of a law court; presiding judge | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

庭长 is the presiding judge who heads a specific court session or division (not a generic 'judge'). Pairs with 休庭 (recess) and 审理 (try a case).

noun

president of a law courtpresiding judge

Measure word · 位

Examples

庭长。
Zhè wèi tíng zhǎng shěn lǐ guò hěn duō dà àn zi.
This presiding judge has tried many major cases.
庭长，。
Tā dāng le shí nián tíng zhǎng, jīng yàn fēi cháng fēng fù.
He has been a court president for ten years and is very experienced.
庭长。
tíng zhǎng Xuān bù xiū tíng bàn xiǎo shí.
The presiding judge announced a half-hour recess.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

庭 (court) and 长 (chief) combine to name the chief of a court.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

广廷庭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

廷

廷tíng庭tíng

Same sound today

庭 combines 广 with 廷. The 廷 part gives the sound, and 广 is the meaning part.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

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