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县令
xiàn​lìng

county magistrate

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
县令 縣令 xiàn​lìng
county magistrate
(literary) highest local official of a county in imperial China, typically used for counties with a large population

Frequency

Written text
1.51 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 知县 zhī​xiàn
  • 县长 xiàn​zhǎng
  • 县太爷 xiàn​tài​yé

Referenced by

  • 县主 xiàn​zhǔ

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)