Leader in Chinese
leader · HSK 5
领导
- 领 to lead
- 导 to lead
Counted with 个: 一个领导
这件事要先问问领导。 We need to ask the boss about this first.
Other ways to say leader
More words with 领 or 导
How do you say leader in Chinese?
Leader in Chinese is 领导 (lǐng dǎo). You can also say 头脑 (tóu nǎo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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