家长/家長 jiā zhǎng — head of a household

Meanings

1. 1

   head of a household

   head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child

   noun

Character breakdown

• 家

  jiā (first tone, high and level)

  home; family, household; a specialist (as a suffix, e.g. 画家 painter); measure word for shops and businesses

  10 strokes⿱宀豕Radical 宀
• 长/長

  cháng (second tone, rising) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)

  (cháng) long; length; (zhǎng) to grow, to develop; elder, senior; the head of an organisation

  4 strokesRadical 長

Words containing 家

• 家jiā (first tone, high and level)home, house
• 国家/國家guójiā (second tone, rising)country, nation, state
• 大家dàjiā (fourth tone, falling)everyone, everybody
• 回家huí (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)to return home
• 家庭jiā (first tone, high and level) tíng (second tone, rising)family
• 家里/家裡jiā (first tone, high and level) lǐ (third tone, dipping)home
• 专家/專家zhuān (first tone, high and level) jiā (first tone, high and level)expert
• 家人jiā (first tone, high and level) rén (second tone, rising)family member
• 家伙/傢伙jiā (first tone, high and level) huo (neutral tone)household dish
• 人家rén (second tone, rising) jia (neutral tone)other people
• 在家zài (fourth tone, falling) jiā (first tone, high and level)to be at home
• 家族jiā (first tone, high and level) zú (second tone, rising)family
• 科学家/科學家kē (first tone, high and level) xué (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)scientist
• 家具jiā (first tone, high and level) jù (fourth tone, falling)furniture
• 家乡/家鄉jiā (first tone, high and level) xiāng (first tone, high and level)hometown
• 全家quán (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)whole family
• 家属/家屬jiā (first tone, high and level) shǔ (third tone, dipping)family member

Words containing 长

• 长/長zhǎng (third tone, dipping)long (in space or in time)
• 长/長cháng (second tone, rising)length
• 长大/長大zhǎng (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)to grow up
• 成长/成長chéng (second tone, rising) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)to mature
• 校长/校長xiàozhǎng (fourth tone, falling)headteacher, principal, university president
• 长途/長途chángtú (second tone, rising)long-distance
• 长期/長期cháng (second tone, rising) qī (first tone, high and level)long term
• 局长/局長jú (second tone, rising) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)bureau chief
• 队长/隊長duì (fourth tone, falling) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)captain
• 市长/市長shì (fourth tone, falling) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)mayor
• 增长/增長zēng (first tone, high and level) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)to grow
• 部长/部長bù (fourth tone, falling) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)head of a (government etc) department
• 生长/生長shēng (first tone, high and level) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)to grow
• 擅长/擅長shàn (fourth tone, falling) cháng (second tone, rising)to be good at
• 会长/會長huì (fourth tone, falling) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)president of a club, committee etc
• 漫长/漫長màn (fourth tone, falling) cháng (second tone, rising)very long