jú zhǎng
director
局长在办公室里工作。
júzhǎng zài bàngōngshì lǐ gōngzuò.
The director is working in the office.
局长正在开会。
júzhǎng zhèngzài kāihuì.
The director is in a meeting.
局长签署了文件。
júzhǎng qiānshǔle wénjiàn.
The director signed the document.
局长 (júzhǎng)
director
馆长 (guǎnzhǎng)
curator
下属 (xià shǔ)
subordinate
平民 (píng mín)
commoner
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The Chinese word 局长 (júzhǎng) is composed of two characters: 局 (jú) and 长 (zhǎng). 局 originally meant "a corner" or "a small room", but it has come to be used in a variety of contexts to refer to a "bureau", "office", or "department". 长, on the other hand, means "long" or "leader". When these two characters are combined, 局长 literally means "head of a bureau" or "director of a department". In modern Chinese, 局长 is used as a general term for any high-ranking official in a government or business organization.
