首腦

See also: 首脑

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	brain
trad. (首腦)		首	腦
simp. (首脑)		首	脑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒunǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² nou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-ló / siú-náu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒunǎo [Phonetic: shóunǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄋㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒunǎo
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-nao³
    • Yale: shǒu-nǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoounao
    • Palladius: шоунао (šounao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² nou⁵
    • Yale: sáu nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² nou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² nou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ nou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-ló
    • Tâi-lô: siú-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwloir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lo⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-náu
    • Tâi-lô: siú-náu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwnao
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁴¹/

Noun

首腦

1. head; chief; leader (person that leads or directs); mastermind

Synonyms

• 大佬 (dàlǎo)
• 波士
• 老大 (lǎodà)
• 老頂／老顶
• 阿head
• 阿大 (ādà)
• 阿頭／阿头
• 領導／领导 (lǐngdǎo)
• 領導人／领导人 (lǐngdǎorén)
• 領導者／领导者 (lǐngdǎozhě)
• 領袖／领袖 (lǐngxiù)
• 領頭／领头 (lǐngtóu) (literary)
• 頭／头
• 頭仔／头仔 (Hakka)
• 頭兒／头儿 (tóur) (colloquial)
• 頭子／头子 (tóuzi) (colloquial, pejorative)
• 頭目／头目 (tóumù)
• 頭頭／头头 (tóutou) (colloquial)
• 首要 (shǒuyào)
• 首領／首领 (shǒulǐng)
• 龍頭／龙头 (lóngtóu)

 

Derived terms

• 政府首腦／政府首脑 (zhèngfǔ shǒunǎo)
• 首腦會議／首脑会议 (shǒunǎo huìyì)