校长校長 xiàozhǎng — 一个学校的最高负责人

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繁体: 校長

一个学校的最高负责人

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一个学校的最高负责人
The head of a school, at any level — the word covers a primary head and a university president alike. 长 here is read zhǎng, "chief", not cháng "long"; the same 长 makes 部长 a minister and 家长 a parent.
noun

校
xiào (fourth tone, falling) jiào (fourth tone, falling)
school; (jiào) to check against an original, to proofread, to collate
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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
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校长今天要跟我们说话。校長今天要跟我們說話。Xiàozhǎng (fourth tone, falling) jīntiān (first tone, high and level) yào (fourth tone, falling) gēn (first tone, high and level) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) shuōhuà. (first tone, high and level)···
The head is going to speak to us today.
这位是我们学校的校长。這位是我們學校的校長。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) wèi (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) xuéxiào (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) xiàozhǎng. (fourth tone, falling)···
This is the head of our school.

不太对他是我们学校的经理。
正确他是我们学校的校长。
经理 runs a business. Schools, hospitals and government offices each have their own title, and a school’s is 校长. Using 经理 for a headteacher sounds as odd as calling a head "the branch manager".