校長

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See also: 校长

Chinese

school; proofread; to check
school; proofread; to check; to compare
 
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
trad. (校長)
simp. (校长)
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/3
Initial () (33) (9)
Final () (90) (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter haewH trjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠauH/ /ʈɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚauH/ /ʈiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣauH/ /ȶiɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨwH/ /ʈɨaŋX/
Li
Rong
/ɣauH/ /ȶiaŋX/
Wang
Li
/ɣauH/ /ȶĭaŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣauH/ /ȶi̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiào zhǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haau6 zoeng2

Noun

校長

  1. principal (of a school); headteacher (Classifier: )
    任命校長 [MSC, trad.]
    任命校长 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā bèi rènmìng wéi xiàozhǎng.
    She was appointed principal.
    接下來有請我們校長發表演講 [MSC, trad.]
    接下来有请我们校长发表演讲 [MSC, simp.]
    Jiēxiàlái, yǒuqǐng wǒmen de xiàozhǎng fābiǎo yǎnjiǎng.
    Next, we invite our principal to give a speech.
  2. president (of a school or university) (Classifier: )
  3. (ancient China) leader of a soldier division

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (校長):

Proper noun

校長

  1. (colloquial) Alan Tam (Cantopop singer)

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Sino-Japanese word from (こう) (, school) + (ちょう) (chō, chief).

Pronunciation

Noun

(こう)(ちょう) (kōchō

  1. principal or headteacher of a school

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

校長 (gyojang) (hangeul 교장)

  1. hanja form? of 교장 (principal or headteacher of a school)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

校長

  1. chữ Hán form of hiệu trưởng (principal or headteacher of a school).