Word information
Simplified校长
Traditional校長
Pinyinxiàozhǎng
Part of speech名
HSK 3.03
HSK 2.03
Chinese word dictionary
校长
xiàozhǎng · (college, university) president; headmaster; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
Character breakdown
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How to learn 校长
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学校xuéxiào
school; CL:所[suo3]
长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
校园xiàoyuáncampus
队长duìzhǎngcaptain; team leader; CL:個|个[ge4]
家长jiāzhǎnghead of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
院长yuànzhǎngthe head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4]; chair of a board; university president; college dean; premier of the Republic of China; CL:個|个[ge4]