村长 (cūn zhǎng) — village head | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

village head

Measure word · 个

Examples

村长。
Wǒ men cūn de cūn zhǎng shì yí gè fēi cháng fù zé rèn de rén.
The village head of our village is a very responsible person.
村长。
Cūn mín men fēi cháng xìn rèn tā men de cūn zhǎng.
The villagers trust their village head very much.
村长。
Jīn tiān cūn zhǎng yào zài cūn wěi huì kāi huì.
Today the village head will have a meeting at the village committee.

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.

村cūnvillage

村 marks a village, and 长 marks the chief in charge.

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.

木寸村

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

寸

寸cùn村cūn

Same sound today

村 pairs 木 (tree) with 寸 as a sound hint; its origin is unclear.

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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