行长

行長

hángzhǎng

noun #33,979

Measure Word

一位行长 wèi

Meanings

1 bank president
2 head of a bank

Characters

Examples

他被任命为中国银行行长。

Tā bèi rènmìng wéi Zhōngguó Yínháng hángzhǎng.

He was appointed president of the Bank of China.

行长出席了今天的新闻发布会。

Hángzhǎng chūxí le jīntiān de xīnwén fābùhuì.

The bank president attended today's press conference.

Tips

mistakes

Read 行 as háng here (bank/firm), not xíng (walk). The word splits as 行 (banking business) + 长 (zhǎng, chief) — the head of a bank. Same 行 as in 银行 (yínháng, bank).

Stroke Order

行 xíng

长 cháng