乡长

鄉長

xiāngzhǎng

noun

Measure Word

一位乡长 wèi

Meanings

1 township head
2 village chief
3 mayor of a township

Characters

township, countryside

Examples

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.

乡长亲自到田里检查春耕。

Xiāngzhǎng qīnzì dào tiánlǐ jiǎnchá chūn gēng.

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

村民们向乡长反映了用水问题。

Cūnmín men xiàng xiāngzhǎng fǎnyìng le yòng shuǐ 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.

Stroke Order

乡 xiāng

长 cháng