院长

• 拼音: yuàn zhǎng
• 汉字拆解: 院 = 阝 (wall) + 完 (complete), meaning 'institution'; 长 = pictograph of long hair, meaning 'long/chief/head'

含义

Dean; director; head of an institution. The person in charge of an institution such as a hospital, college, or court.

The title varies depending on the institution: 医院院长 (hospital director), 学院院长 (college dean), 法院院长 (chief judge). A respectful title for the highest-ranking person at an institution. Can be used as a form of address.

例句

1. 新来的院长很年轻。
2. 院长今天在医院开会。
3. 同学们都很尊敬院长。

用法指南

语境: work, academic, institutions

语气: respectful

正确说法

• 院长，您好！(Hello, Director!)
• 我想见一下院长。(I'd like to see the dean.)

错误说法

• 院长你过来一下。(Don't address a dean this casually — use respectful phrasing like 院长，请您过来一下.)

起源与历史

Compound of 院 (institution) and 长 (chief/head), literally 'institution chief.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal