縣長

See also: 县长

Chinese

		a district; county	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (縣長)		縣	長
simp. (县长)		县	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶ zoeng²
• Gan (Wiktionary): xien⁵ zong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yen-chóng / yan-chóng
• Eastern Min (BUC): gâing-diōng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kūiⁿ-tiúⁿ / koān-tiúⁿ / koāiⁿ-tiúⁿ / koān-tióⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guin⁷ ziang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-chang³
    • Yale: syàn-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannjaang
    • Palladius: сяньчжан (sjanʹčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁶ zoeng²
    • Yale: yuhn jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²² t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xien⁵ zong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn¹¹ t͡sɔŋ²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-chóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien zong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan<sup>4</sup> zong<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-chóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian zong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ zong³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gâing-diōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nuoŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūiⁿ-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuīnn-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvuixdviuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuĩ⁴¹⁻²² tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koān-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuān-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxndviuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan³³⁻²¹ tiũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan³³⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koāiⁿ-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuāinn-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaixdviuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuãi²²⁻²¹ tiũ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koān-tióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuān-tiónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaxndvioir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²²⁻²¹ tiɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guin⁷ ziang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kūiⁿ tsiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kũĩ¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Noun

縣長

1. head of a county; county magistrate

Synonyms

• (historical) 縣令／县令 (xiànlìng)
• (historical) 知縣／知县 (zhīxiàn)