總理

See also: 総理 and 总理

Chinese

		always; to assemble; gather always; to assemble; gather; total; overall; head; chief; general; in every case	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (總理)		總	理
simp. (总理)		总	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒnglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung² lei⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chóng-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zong² li²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒnglǐ [Phonetic: zónglǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒnglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsung³-li³
    • Yale: dzǔng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoonglii
    • Palladius: цзунли (czunli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung² lei⁵
    • Yale: júng léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung² lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung² léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³⁵ lei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tsóng-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofnglie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zong² li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsóng lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 總理

1. premier; prime minister; president

   周總理／周总理  ―  Zhōu Zǒnglǐ  ―  Premier Zhou

Usage notes

The translation of prime minster in Chinese varies according to the country in question. For example, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Japan and Belgium is translated as 首相 (shǒuxiàng), while the prime minister of members of the Commonwealth of Nations (other than the UK) and Thailand is translated as 總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ), the same term used to refer to the premier of the People's Republic of China.

Descendants

• → Tibetan: ཙུང་ལི (tsung li)
• → Zhuang: cungjlij

See also

• 丞相 (chéngxiàng)
• 首相 (shǒuxiàng)
• 議長／议长 (yìzhǎng)
• 宰相 (zǎixiàng)
• 主席 (zhǔxí)
• 總統／总统 (zǒngtǒng)

Verb

總理

1. to assume overall responsibility for; to be completely in charge of

(deprecated template usage)