市长
HSK 2 (2021)
市长 (shìzhǎng) · mayor
市长 (shìzhǎng) means “mayor”. It is written with 2 characters: 市 (city) + 长 (long). It is an HSK 2 word in the 2021 standard.
How 市长 is built
The characters
市 shì · city
What 市 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
长 cháng · long
What 长 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 長; an old man with long hair and a cane (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
市长明天来我们学校。Shìzhǎng míngtiān lái wǒmen xuéxiào.The mayor is coming to our school tomorrow.
你见过市长吗？Nǐ jiànguo shìzhǎng ma?Have you ever met the mayor?
Questions about 市长
What does 市长 mean?
市长 (shìzhǎng) means “mayor”.
How do you pronounce 市长?
市长 is pronounced shìzhǎng.
Which HSK level is 市长?
市长 is in HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 超市chāoshìsupermarket
- 城市chéngshìcity
- 市场shìchǎngmarket
- 市区shìqūcity center
- 市shìcity
- 班长bānzhǎngclass monitor
- 队长duìzhǎngcaptain
- 家长jiāzhǎngparent (of a student)
- 校长xiàozhǎngheadmaster
- 院长yuànzhǎngdirector
Learn 市长 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 24: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.