Chinese symbol for “provost”
教务长
jiào wù zhǎng
Traditional: 教務長
provost
The closest CC-CEDICT match for provost is 教务长 (jiào wù zhǎng), defined as: provost.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 教务长.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
| 宗教 | zōng jiào | religion |
| 教授 | jiāo shòu | to teach (a subject) |
| 教学 (教學) | jiāo xué | to teach |
| 服务 (服務) | fú wù | to serve; service |
| 任务 (任務) | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng) |
| 业务 (業務) | yè wù | business; professional work |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
See also: Japanese symbol for “provost”.
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.