院长

院長

yuànzhǎng

noun HSK 4 #7,196

Measure Word

一位院长 wèi

Meanings

1 dean
2 president (of an institution)

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

院长今天不在。

Yuànzhǎng jīntiān bú zài.

The dean is not here today.

HSK 3

医院的院长正在开会。

Yīyuàn de yuànzhǎng zhèngzài kāihuì.

The hospital director is in a meeting right now.

HSK 4

新院长是一位女教授。

Xīn yuànzhǎng shì yī wèi nǚ jiàoshòu.

The new dean is a female professor.

Tips

usage

院长 can be the head of a hospital (hospital director), college (dean), court (chief judge), etc. - depends on which 院.

Stroke Order

院 yuàn

长 cháng