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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 部长

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
部长 bù zhǎng - head of a (government etc) department
- section chief
- section head
- secretary
- minister
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 3 3,831 3,247 6,835

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
部 bù- ministry
- department
- section
- part
- division
- troops
- board
- classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
长 cháng- length
- long
- forever
- always
- constantly
长 zhǎng- chief
- head
- elder
- to grow
- to develop
- to increase
- to enhance

Other Words Containing 部长

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
部长 - 3 3,831 3,247 6,835
国防部长 - - 13,949 10,675 35,056
内政部长 - - 28,899 28,290 58,697
财政部长 - - 35,146 21,354 46,754
外交部长 - - 42,302 13,204 39,294