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班长

bān zhǎng

HSK 2 · word 504 of 3,000

Meaning

Measure word

个 gè

Example sentence

上大学的时候,小王担任过班长。

shàng dà xué de shí hòu xiǎo wáng dān rèn guò bān zhǎng

Whilst at university, Xiaowang held the post of class monitor.

Characters in 班长

班 a class or squad plus 长, here zhǎng, a head. The same 长 gives 家长, 校长, 市长 and 队长 — read cháng it means long instead.

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