Bloomko
HSK 2 · Jobs

市长

shì zhǎng

mayor

Stroke order of 市长

2 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

市 · 5 strokes长 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

市 is a cloth 巾 flag over a market stall; 长 is the head of the town.

Parts: 市 city + 长 head

The characters in 市长

  • 市 shì — city (5 strokes)
  • 长 zhǎng — to grow; head; chief (4 strokes)

Example sentence

市长正在开会。

The mayor is in a meeting.

Words with 市

超市supermarket市city市场market城市city

Words with 长

长大to grow up家长parent; head of family班长class monitor队长team captain组长group leader校长headmaster; principal院长dean; director (of an institute)长to grow; head; chief部长minister; head of department所长head of an institute长城the Great Wall长期long-term长处strong point成长to grow up生长to grow增长to grow; growth

More words: Jobs

班长class monitor队长team captain组长group leader校长headmaster; principal院长dean; director (of an institute)经理manager司机driver画家painter; artist作家writer; author科学家scientist明星star; celebrity商人businessman; merchant教师teacher顾客customer

Learn to write it by hand

Bloomko is a free Android app: write characters stroke by stroke, practise with spaced repetition and get an AI tutor that works offline. Be the first to know when it launches.