Chinese word

院长

Pronunciation

Pinyinyuàn zhǎng

Meaning

  • nounhospital director

Example

今天医院的院长要参加会议。jīn tiān yī yuàn de yuàn zhǎng yào cān jiā huì yì

The hospital director is attending a meeting today.

Illustration for 院长 (hospital director)

More examples

昨天我见到了院长，他很友好。zuó tiān wǒ jiàn dào le yuàn zhǎng tā hěn yóu hǎo

Yesterday I met the hospital director, and he was very friendly.

Core concept

One person stands at the top of an institution and oversees its people and administration.

Common phrases

  • 见到院长jiàn dào yuàn zhǎng

    meet the hospital director

  • 跟院长说话gēn yuàn zhǎng shuō huà

    talk to the hospital director

  • 请院长帮忙qǐng yuàn zhǎng bāng máng

    ask the hospital director for help

Similar words

主任zhǔ rèn: A department or team manager responsible for its regular operations.
校长xiào zhǎng: A school's top leader, responsible for its teaching and administration.
经理jīng lǐ: A manager responsible for business operations and employees in a company or shop.
领导líng dǎo: A leader who decides an organization's policies and guides its members.

Definition in Chinese

指在医疗、教育、研究等单位中担任领导并负责行政事务的负责人职称。zhǐ zài yī liáo jiào yù yán jiū děng dān wèi zhōng dān rèn líng dǎo bìng fù zé xíng zhèng shì wù de fù zé rén zhí chēng

Word origin

院 (yuàn, "institution") + 长 (zhǎng, "leader") combines the institution with the person who leads it, forming a title for its administrative head.

Usage tips

  • English titles do not map one-to-one here: the same Chinese title can describe a medical, academic, or research administrator, so the institution named around it supplies the context.

Other meanings

  • deannoun

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