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站長

简站长 · 繁站長

Mandarin · pinyin zhàn zhǎng

person in charge of a train station 車站 chē zhàn (stationmaster), website 網站 wǎng zhàn (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站 zhì gōng zhàn (center manager), etc

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站: zhàn · stand up; a stand, station
長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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4–3 · zhan4 zhang3

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zaam6 zoeng2

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noun

head of a station, centre, etc. (e.g. a railway station, radio station, rescue shelter, website); stationmaster
(Internet) administrator of a website (網站／网站); sysop
(Hong Kong, games) one who takes a lot of time before ending their turn

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