長男

See also: 长男

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	male
trad. (長男)		長	男
simp. (长男)		长	男

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎngnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² naam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chóng-nàm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tióng-lâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngnán
    • Wade–Giles: chang³-nan²
    • Yale: jǎng-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangnan
    • Palladius: чжаннань (čžannanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² naam⁴
    • Yale: jéung nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ naːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong` namˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ nam²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ nam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tióng-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: tióng-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diofnglaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lam²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 長男

1. eldest son

Synonyms

• 大兒子／大儿子 (dà'érzi)
• 長子／长子 (zhǎngzǐ)
• (literary) 冢子 (zhǒngzǐ), 家督 (jiādū)
• (Cantonese) 大仔
• (Min) 大囝
• (Min Nan) 大漢囝／大汉囝, 大後生／大后生, 大漢後生／大汉后生

See also

• 長女／长女 (zhǎngnǚ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	男
ちょう Grade: 2	なん Grade: 1
goon

Noun

長(ちょう)男(なん) • (chōnan) 

1. the eldest of all of a family's sons

Related terms

	son	daughter	child (rare)
one's first	長(ちょう)男(なん) (chōnan), 一(いち)男(なん) (ichinan),	長(ちょう)女(じょ) (chōjo), 一(いち)女(じょ) (ichijo)
one's second	次(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 二(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 次(じ)子(し) (jishi)	次(じ)女(じょ) (jijo), 二(じ)女(じょ) (jijo)	次(じ)子(し) (jishi)
one's third	三(さん)男(なん) (sannan)	三(さん)女(じょ) (sanjo)	-