Word information
Simplified院长
Traditional院長
Pinyinyuànzhǎng
Part of speech名
HSK 3.04
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
院长
yuànzhǎng · the 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]
Character breakdown
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