家
长

Head of a household in Chinese: 家长 (jiā zhǎng)

jiā zhǎng

head of a household

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 家長1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1head of a household
  2. 2family head
  3. 3patriarch
  4. 4parent or guardian of a child

Stroke order

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家
长

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ㄐㄧㄚ

jiā

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄓㄤˇ

zhǎng

ㄓ/ zhㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

家长

Simplified

家長

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 明天请家长到学校来一次。

    míng tiān qǐng jiā zhǎng dào xué xiào lái yí cì。

    Please have a parent come to the school tomorrow.

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Related words

家

jiā

home

长

cháng

length

大家

dà jiā

everyone

国家

guó jiā

country

校长

xiào zhǎng

(college, university) president

家具

jiā jù

furniture

增长

zēng zhǎng

to grow

长城

cháng chéng

the Great Wall

长江

cháng jiāng

Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang

成长

chéng zhǎng

to mature

家庭

jiā tíng

family

家务

jiā wù

household duties

Appears in

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