HSK 5 · Work

总裁 zǒngcái “president (of a company)” in Chinese

Traditional 總裁

What 总裁 means

  1. president (of a company)
  2. CEO
  3. chairman
  4. director-general (of a company etc)

How to say 总裁

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale总zǒng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale裁cái2nd tone, rising

总裁 in a sentence

  1. 我提醒他要去会见总裁。

    Wǒ tíxǐng tā yào qù huìjiàn zǒngcái.

    I reminded him that he was meeting the CEO.

    Sentence #347407 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 董事会一致决定任命她为执行总裁。

    Dǒngshìhuì yízhì juédìng rènmìng tā wéi zhíxíng zǒngcái.

    The board unanimously decided to appoint her as CEO.

    Sentence #805191 from Tatoeba

  3. 汤姆最初是看门人，但现在他是公司的总裁了。

    Tāngmǔ zuìchū shì kānménrén, dàn xiànzài tā shì gōngsī de zǒngcái le.

    Tom started out as a caretaker, but now he’s the CEO of the company.

    Sentence #8688136 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 总裁 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 总 (zǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
总zǒnggeneral; overall
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 心heart · xīn
The character 裁 (cái) with each of its parts in a different colour
裁cáito cut out
  • 十ten · shí
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 衣clothes · yī

How to write 总裁

总 9 strokes · 裁 12 strokes

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总裁 (zǒngcái) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
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Words related to 总裁

Words with 总

总zǒng · always总是zǒngshì · always总结zǒngjié · to sum up总理zǒnglǐ · premier总统zǒngtǒng · president (of a country)总共zǒnggòng · altogether总算zǒngsuàn · at long last总之zǒngzhī · in a word总和zǒnghé · sum总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short

Words with 裁

裁缝cáifeng · tailor裁判cáipàn · referee裁员cáiyuán · to cut staff独裁dúcái · dictatorship制裁zhìcái · sanctions体裁tǐcái · genre

More words: Work & Career

专家zhuānjiā · expert主任zhǔrèn · director资格zīgé · qualifications资料zīliào · material罢工bàgōng · to go on strike把关bǎguān · to check (quality)报酬bàochou · pay保姆bǎomǔ · nanny

FAQs

总裁 (zǒngcái) means “president (of a company)” or “CEO”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zǒngcái: zǒng with a 3rd tone, then cái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 总裁 is written 總裁. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zongcai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 总裁 from the suggestions. Typing zongcai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
总裁 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.