乡长 (xiāngzhǎng) · township head, village chief

Measure Word

一位乡长 wèi

Meanings

1 township head
2 village chief
3 mayor of a township

Characters

乡

xiāng

township, countryside

长

zhǎng

chief, head

Examples

HSK 7-9

新上任的乡长来自本地。

Xīn shàngrèn de xiāngzhǎng láizì běndì.

The newly appointed township head is from the local area.

HSK 7-9

乡长亲自到田里检查春耕。

Xiāngzhǎng qīnzì dào tián lǐ jiǎnchá chūngēng.

The township head personally came to the fields to inspect the spring planting.

HSK 7-9

村民们向乡长反映了用水问题。

Cūnmínmen xiàng xiāngzhǎng fǎnyìng le yòngshuǐ wèntí.

The villagers raised the water-supply issue with the township head.

Tips

culture

In China's administrative hierarchy, 乡 (township) sits below 县 (county) and above 村 (village). The 乡长 runs the township government and is the lowest tier of state-appointed civil administrator - equivalent in scale to a small mayor in Western systems.