首長

See also: 首长

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (首長)		首	長
simp. (首长)		首	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zoeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-chóng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-tiúⁿ / siú-tióⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzhǎng [Phonetic: shóuzhǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chang³
    • Yale: shǒu-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujaang
    • Palladius: шоучжан (šoučžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau² zoeng²
    • Yale: sáu jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 手掌 首長／首长

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-chóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: su` zong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su³ zong³
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siú-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'dviuo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-tióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siú-tiónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'dvioir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔ̃⁵³/

Noun

首長

1. high-ranking officer; high-ranking official

Japanese

Kanji in this term
首	長
しゅ Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
首	長
くび Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅちょ​ー [shùchóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) しゅちょー [shùchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) しゅ​ちょー [shúꜜchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̥ᵝt͡ɕo̞ː]

• (Tokyo) くびちょー [kùbíchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) くび​ちょー [kùbíꜜchòò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝbʲit͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

首(しゅ)長(ちょう) or 首(くび)長(ちょう) • (shuchō or kubichō) 

1. chief (leader of group etc)
2. chief (head of an organization)
3. emir

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
首	長

Noun

首長

1. chữ Hán form of thủ trưởng (“head; chief; leader; boss”).