所长

• 拼音: suǒ zhǎng
• 汉字拆解: 所 = 户 (door) + 斤 (axe); 长 = pictograph of a person with long hair, meaning elder/head

含义

Director; head of an institute or station. The person in charge of a 所 (institute/office).

Used for heads of various institutions: 研究所所长 (director of a research institute), 派出所所长 (chief of a police station). A specific professional title in Chinese organisational structures.

例句

1. 他是我们研究所的所长。
2. 新所长今天正式上任了。
3. 所长主持了今天的会议。

用法指南

语境: workplace, official, academic

语气: respectful

正确说法

• 请问所长在办公室吗？(Excuse me, is the director in the office?)
• 所长对这个项目非常重视。(The director places great importance on this project.)

错误说法

• 超市的所长很热情。(Don't use 所长 for managers of shops or businesses — use 经理 or 店长 instead. 所长 is for heads of institutes, research centres, or police stations.)

起源与历史

所 (institute/station) + 长 (head/leader). Literally 'the head of an institute'.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal