部
长

Head of a (government etc) department in Chinese: 部长 (bù zhǎng)

bù zhǎng

head of a (government etc) department

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 部長1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1head of a (government etc) department
  2. 2section chief
  3. 3section head
  4. 4secretary
  5. 5minister

Stroke order

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部
长

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓㄤˇ

zhǎng

ㄓ/ zhㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

部长

Simplified

部長

Traditional

Example sentences

See 部长 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他是我们学校的教育部长。

    tā shì wǒ men xué xiào de jiào yù bù zhǎng。

    He is the education secretary at our school.

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Related words

长

cháng

length

部

bù

ministry

校长

xiào zhǎng

(college, university) president

部分

bù fen

part

全部

quán bù

whole

增长

zēng zhǎng

to grow

长城

cháng chéng

the Great Wall

长江

cháng jiāng

Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang

部门

bù mén

department

成长

chéng zhǎng

to mature

延长

yán cháng

to prolong

长途

cháng tú

long distance

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