部长(bù zhǎng): head of a (government etc) department
2 charactersTrad. 部長
head of a (government etc) department
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 部长 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
汤姆当上了部长。
tāng mǔ dāng shàng le bù zhǎng
Tom became a minister.
这个部长上个月才被任命。
zhè ge bù zhǎng shàng gè yuè cái bèi rèn mìng
The minister was ordained only last month.
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