村長

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See also: 村长

Chinese

		village	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (村長)		村	長
simp. (村长)		村	长

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cūnzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ zoeng²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhûn-chóng

(Hailu, HRS): cun^ˋ zhong^ˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhun-tiúⁿ / chhoan-tiúⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cūnzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cunjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻun¹-chang³
  - Yale: tswūn-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenjaang
  - Palladius: цуньчжан (cunʹčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun¹ zoeng²
  - Yale: chyūn jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun¹ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûn-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˊ zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cun¹ zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun²⁴ t͡soŋ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cun^ˋ zhong^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun⁵³ t͡ʃoŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhun-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshun-tiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhundviuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tiũ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ tiũ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshuan-tiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoandviuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tiũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ tiũ⁴¹/

Noun

村長

village head

Japanese

Kanji in this term
村	長
そん Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

市町村長 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From 村 (son, “village”) +‎ 長 (-chō, “head”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そんちょー (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key):

Noun

村(そん)長(ちょう) • (sonchō) ^{←そんちやう (sontyau)^?}

(of a village) a mayor

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
村	長

Noun

村長 • (chonjang) (hangeul 촌장)

hanja form^? of 촌장

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