家长

jiā zhǎng

HSK 3.0 Level 2

Definitions

1. family head
2. patriarch
3. parent or guardian of a child

Words Containing 家长

• 家长制 jiā zhǎng zhì: patriarchal system
• 家长家短 jiā cháng jiā duǎn: family goings-on
• 家长会 jiā zhǎng huì: parent-teacher conference
• 张家长，李家短 zhāng jiā cháng , lǐ jiā duǎn: lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
• 东家长西家短 dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn: to gossip (idiom)

Child Words of 家长

• 长 cháng: length
• 长 zhǎng: chief
• 家 jiā: home