長官

See also: 长官

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	official; government; organ of body
trad. (長官)		長	官
simp. (长官)		长	官
anagram		官長／官长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎngguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² gun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chóng-kôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tióng-koaⁿ / tiáng-koaⁿ / tiúⁿ-koaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngguan
    • Wade–Giles: chang³-kuan¹
    • Yale: jǎng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangguan
    • Palladius: чжангуань (čžanguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² gun¹
    • Yale: jéung gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong` gon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ kon²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tióng-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tióng-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diofngkvoaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuã³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiáng-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiáng-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diafngkvoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiúⁿ-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiúnn-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dviw'kvoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiũ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuã³³/

Noun

長官

1. (chiefly military) senior official; senior officer; commanding officer
2. (chiefly Taiwan) sir (term of address for a senior officer, could be in military, civilian, or private sector)

Derived terms

• 信士的長官／信士的长官 (Xìnshì de Zhǎngguān)
• 行政長官／行政长官 (xíngzhèng zhǎngguān)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
長	官
ちょう Grade: 2	かん Grade: 4
on’yomi

By surface analysis, 長 (chō, “chief, leader”) +‎ 官 (kan, “government official”). Either a wasei kango from these on'yomi readings, or from Middle Chinese 長官 (sum-of-parts reading: /ɖɨɐŋ kuɑn/).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

長(ちょう)官(かん) • (chōkan) 

1. secretary, director, head of a section of government

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
長	官
Grade: 2	Grade: 4
jukujikun

From 上(かみ) (kami, “upper, person above”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲi]

Noun

長官(かみ) • (kami) 

1. Same as chōkan above.

Etymology 3

Shift from kami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Noun

長官(かん) • (kan) 

1. Same as kami above.

Etymology 4

Shift from kami. Also compare 神(こう)々(ごう)しい (kōgōshii), a shift from kamigamishii, in which the same kami component also shifts to kō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

Noun

長官(こう) • (kō) 

1. Same as kami above.

Korean

Hanja in this term
長	官

Noun

長官 • (janggwan) (hangeul 장관)

1. Hanja form^? of 장관.