委员长

委員長

wěiyuánzhǎng

noun #37,124

Measure Word

一位委员长 wèi

Meanings

1 chairman of a committee
2 head of a commission
3 (in PRC) Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee
4 (historical) Generalissimo (title of Chiang Kai-shek)

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Examples

他被选为人大常委会委员长。

Tā bèi xuǎn wéi Réndà Chángwěihuì Wěiyuánzhǎng.

He was elected Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee.

蒋介石被称为蒋委员长。

Jiǎng Jièshí bèi chēng wéi Jiǎng Wěiyuánzhǎng.

Chiang Kai-shek was called the 'Generalissimo'.

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history

委员长 was Chiang Kai-shek's (蒋介石) title as chairman of the National Military Council from 1932 — translated 'Generalissimo' in English-language press. In today's PRC, the title belongs to the chair of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (全国人大常委会委员长), the country's number-three leader.

Stroke Order

委 wěi

员 yuán

长 cháng