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head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尹* | 尹* | *尹
(literary) to administer; to govern / (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)
provincial governor (old)
governor-general / viceroy / governor
governor of a province
the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times)
Ishihara Shintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo 1999-2012
(army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抚* | 抚* | *抚
to comfort / to console / to stroke / to caress / an old term for province or provincial governor
Jon Huntsman, Jr. (1960-), US politician, Governor of Utah 2005-2009, Ambassador to China 2009-2011
Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
governor (of a province or colony) / (US) state governor / (Australian) state premier
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
border region / regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times)
(old) commanding general / commander-in-chief / (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督
(old) highest administrative post in border areas / governor of a march
provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使
governor general 總督|总督 and inspector general 巡撫|巡抚
governor of Hong Kong (during the period of British rule, 1841-1997)
vice-chairman (of an organization) / vice president (of a company) / deputy governor (of a bank)
Zhou Xiaochuan (1948–), Chinese economist, governor of the People's Bank of China 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行 2002–2018
Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer 臨海水土誌|临海水土志
Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使|节度使 at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923), also known as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang 後梁太祖|后梁太祖
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011 / also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格
governor (of a province) / provincial chief (old)
Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth
Ye Xuanping (1924-2019), former Governor of Guangdong 廣東|广东
Luo Baoming (1952-), sixth governor of Hainan
Wang Xiaofeng (1944-), fourth governor of Hainan
deputy governor (of a province or colony) / lieutenant governor of US state
Chris Patten (1944-), last British Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997
Han Fuju (1890–1938), Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army general and governor of Shandong, executed by Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石 after he abandoned Jinan to the Japanese
Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi
Liang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan
Palin (name) / Sarah Palin (1964-), US Republican politician, state governor of Alaska 2006-2009
army regiment at the disposal of province governor-general
Wei Liucheng (1946-), fifth governor of Hainan
Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan
Qiangba Puncog (1947-), chairman of the government of Tibet (i.e. governor) 2003-2010
Quirinius, governor of Syria (c. 51 BC - AD 21)
Sir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor of Hong Kong 1982-1986
governor of a province
Sarah Palin (1964-), US Republican politician, State governor of Alaska from 2006
David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966-), Indonesian politician, governor of Jakarta (2014-)
Ruan Chongwu (1933-), third governor of Hainan
Lu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently leader of old Guangxi warlord faction


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