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The Chinese word lingdao - 领导 - lǐngdǎo
(leader in Chinese)
Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)
lǐngdǎo
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(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)
Note: In this special case, one of the tones is pronounced differently than the (written) Pinyin phonetic transcription indicates. This phenomenon is called Tone sandhi.
English translations
leader, to be the leader of,
to guide, chief, head, to exercise leadership
Chinese characters:
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领导 ( lingdao / lǐngdǎo ) in traditional characters
領導
Chinese example sentence with 领导 ( lingdao / lǐngdǎo ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
Before using the Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Before using the Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Ta shi women gongsi de lingdao.
Tā shì wǒmen gōngsī de lǐngdǎo.
他是我们公司的领导。
– English translation: He is one of the leaders of our company.
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
to lead | to guide
领导 ( lingdao / lǐngdǎo ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 652)
领导 ( lingdao / lǐngdǎo ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 652)
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