CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

州长

zhōuzhǎng

governor (of a province or colony)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

governor (of a province or colony)

(US) state governor

(Australian) state premier

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 州长 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 州长 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

每个人都希望他当选州长。měi gè rén dōu xī wàng tā dāng xuǎn zhōu zhǎng。

Everybody wished he had been elected governor.

州长最近的丑闻玷污了她原本完美无瑕的政绩。zhōu zhǎng zuì jìn de chǒu wén diàn wū le tā yuán běn wán měi wú xiá de zhèng jì。

The governor's recent scandal was a blight on her otherwise pristine track record.

我向他道贺；也向裴林州长道贺，为他们所成就的一切。我迫不及待想和他们携手合作，在未来数月更新这个国家的许诺。wǒ xiàng tā dào hè； yě xiàng péi lín zhōu zhǎng dào hè， wèi tā men suǒ chéng jiù de yī qiè。 wǒ pò bù jí dài xiǎng hé tā men xié shǒu hé zuò， zài wèi lái shù yuè gēng xīn zhè ge guó jiā de xǔ nuò。

I congratulate him, I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 州长.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 州长.

Directly before

裴林州长1
当选州长1

Directly after

州长道贺1
州长最近1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 州长

What does 州长 mean in Chinese?

州长 (zhōuzhǎng) means governor (of a province or colony).

How do you pronounce 州长?

州长 is pronounced zhōuzhǎng.

Is 州长 an HSK word?

州长 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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