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系主任

xì zhǔ rèn

3-character word

What 系主任 means

1. head of a (university) department; department chair

The characters in 系主任

• 系xìto connect; to relate to; to tie up
• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post

Example sentences

• 他以前是教授，后来当了系主任。
  Tā yǐqián shì jiàoshòu, hòulái dāng le xìzhǔrèn.
  He used to be a professor, but now he is the dean.