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廳長

简厅长 · 繁廳長

Mandarin · pinyin tīng zhǎng

head of provincial PRC government department

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廳: Look up this written character
長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
厅: tīng · hall, central room
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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1–3 · ting1 zhang3

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teng1 zoeng2

Cantonese word readings for 廳長. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

head of a certain government department (廳) (Classifier: 位 m c; 個／个 m c)
(Cantonese) someone who sleeps in the living room (Classifier: 個／个 c)

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