Chinese symbol for “mayor”
市长
shì zhǎng
Traditional: 市長
mayor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mayor is 市长 (shì zhǎng), defined as: mayor.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mayor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 镇长 (鎮長) | zhèn zhǎng | town headman; mayor (of small town or village) |
| 乡长 (鄉長) | xiāng zhǎng | village chief; mayor (of village or township) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 市长.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 市场 (市場) | shì chǎng | marketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market |
| 上市 | shàng shì | to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market) |
| 市民 | shì mín | city resident; townspeople |
| 市区 (市區) | shì qū | urban district; downtown |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 部长 (部長) | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department; section chief |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mayor”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.