領銜

Chinese

		neck; collar; to lead neck; collar; to lead; to receive	hold in mouth; nominal office
trad. (領銜)		領	銜
simp. (领衔)		领	衔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐngxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁵ haam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niá-hâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐngxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐngsián
    • Wade–Giles: ling³-hsien²
    • Yale: lǐng-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liingshyan
    • Palladius: линсянь (linsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁵ haam⁴
    • Yale: líhng hàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁵ haam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁵ ham⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ¹³ haːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niá-hâm
    • Tâi-lô: niá-hâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niafhaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /niã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ham²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /niã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ham²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /niã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ham¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /niã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ham²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ham²³/

Verb

領銜

1. to head the list of signers (of a document); to be the first on a name list; to head a list; to lead a cast

   領銜主演／领衔主演  ―  lǐngxián zhǔyǎn  ―  to play a leading role; to star