首腦

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See also: 首脑

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	brain
trad. (首腦)		首	腦
simp. (首脑)		首	脑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒunǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄋㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² nou⁵
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu³ nor³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-ló / siú-náu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒunǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄋㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒunǎo
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-nao³
  - Yale: shǒu-nǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoounao
  - Palladius: шоунао (šounao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² nou⁵
  - Yale: sáu nóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² nou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² nou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ nou̯¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: siu³ nor³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: siû-nô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ nɒ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: siu³ nor³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiu³³²⁻²¹ nɒ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-ló
  - Tâi-lô: siú-ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwloir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lo⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-náu
  - Tâi-lô: siú-náu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwnao
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu⁴¹/

Noun

首腦

head; chief; leader (person that leads or directs); mastermind

Synonyms

大佬 (dàlǎo)
波士 (bo¹ si^6-2, “boss”) (Cantonese)
老大 (lǎodà)
老頂 / 老顶 (lou⁵ ding²) (Cantonese)
阿head
阿大 (ādà)
阿頭 / 阿头
領導 / 领导 (lǐngdǎo)
領導人 / 领导人 (lǐngdǎorén)
領導者 / 领导者 (lǐngdǎozhě)
領袖 / 领袖 (lǐngxiù)
領頭 / 领头 (lǐngtóu) (literary)
頭 / 头
頭仔 / 头仔 (Hakka)
頭兒 / 头儿 (tóur) (colloquial)
頭子 / 头子 (tóuzi) (colloquial, pejorative)
頭手 / 头手 (Hokkien)
頭目 / 头目 (tóumù)
頭頭 / 头头 (tóutou) (colloquial)
首要 (shǒuyào)
首領 / 首领 (shǒulǐng)
龍頭 / 龙头 (lóngtóu)

Derived terms

政府首腦 / 政府首脑 (zhèngfǔ shǒunǎo)
首腦會議 / 首脑会议 (shǒunǎo huìyì)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 首腦 – see the following entry.

【首脳しゅのう】

(This term, 首腦, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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