院長

See also: 院长

Chinese

		courtyard; institution	chief; head
trad. (院長)		院	長
simp. (院长)		院	长

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuànzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun^6-2 zoeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yen-chóng / yan-chóng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): īⁿ-tiúⁿ / īⁿ-tióⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuànzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuànjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: yüan⁴-chang³
  - Yale: ywàn-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuannjaang
  - Palladius: юаньчжан (juanʹčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun^6-2 zoeng²
  - Yale: yún jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn^6-2 dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun^6-2 zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²²⁻³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: īⁿ-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: īnn-tiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vixdviuo
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ĩ²²⁻²¹ tiũ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ĩ⁴¹⁻²² tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ĩ³³⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ĩ³³⁻²¹ tiũ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: īⁿ-tióⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: īnn-tiónn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vixdvioir
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ĩ²²⁻²¹ tiɔ̃⁵³/

Noun

院長

director (of an institute); dean (of a college or similar institution); president; department head; leader (of a governmental branch); rector

Japanese

Kanji in this term
院	長
いん Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 院(いん) (in, “institution”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “chief, head, leader”). 院(いん) (in) is short for 病(びょう)院(いん) (byōin, “hospital”) in sense 1 and 学(がく)院(いん) (gakuin, “academy”) in sense 2.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]
(Tokyo) いんちょー [íꜜǹchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

院(いん)長(ちょう) • (inchō) ^{←いんちやう (intyau)^?}

director of a hospital
principal or head of an academy or school