区长 (qū zhǎng) — district head, district chief (administrative official)

Definition

Title of the government official who heads a 区 (district), an administrative subdivision between a 市 (city) and a 街道/镇 (subdistrict/town). It is a formal political title, not a generic job word.

noun
district headdistrict chief (administrative official)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 区长。
    Tā shì zhè ge qū de qū zhǎng.
    He is the district head of this area.
  • 区长。
    qū zhǎng Fù zé guǎn lǐ běn qū de xíng zhèng shì wù.
    The district head is responsible for managing the administrative affairs of this district.
  • 区长。
    Xīn lái de qū zhǎng hěn yǒu jīng yàn.
    The newly arrived district head is very experienced.

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.

区qūdistrict
长chángchief

“区” is the district and “长” is its chief, together naming the official who leads it.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.

Open 区 →

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.

Open 长 →

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