局长

• 拼音: jú zhǎng
• 汉字拆解: 局 = 尸 (body) + 句 (phrase); 长 = pictograph of a person with long hair, meaning 'long' or 'chief'

含义

Bureau director; chief of a bureau. A title for the head of a government bureau or department.

A formal title used in Chinese government administration for officials who head bureaus at various levels. Common bureaus include the Public Security Bureau, Tax Bureau, and Education Bureau. Roughly equivalent to a director or commissioner in Western government structures.

例句

1. 新任公安局长昨天正式上任了。
2. 教育局长在会议上宣布了改革方案。
3. 他父亲以前是税务局的局长。

用法指南

语境: government, official, news

语气: respectful

正确说法

• 请问局长今天有空吗？(Excuse me, is the director available today?)
• 局长批准了我们的申请。(The bureau chief approved our application.)

错误说法

• 喂，局长！(Don't address a bureau director so casually — use proper honorifics like 局长 or 您好，局长)

起源与历史

局 (jú, bureau/office) + 长 (zhǎng, head/chief). Standard pattern for official titles in Chinese.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Professional/Official