首長

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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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzhǎng
  - 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:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    手掌
    首長／首长
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^ˋ zong^ˋ
  - 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

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 (Nakadaka – )^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) しゅちょー (Heiban – )^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) しゅちょー (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

(Tokyo) くびちょー (Heiban – )^[2]
(Tokyo) くびちょー (Nakadaka – )^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

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

chief (leader of group etc)
chief (head of an organization)
emir

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
首	長

Noun

首長

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

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