兄長

兄長

See also: 兄长

Chinese

		elder brother	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (兄長)		兄	長
simp. (兄长)		兄	长
anagram		長兄／长兄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōngzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ zoeng²
• Min Nan (POJ): heng-tióng / heng-tiáng / hiaⁿ-tiúⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syongjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-chang³
    • Yale: syūng-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongjaang
    • Palladius: сюнчжан (sjunčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ zoeng²
    • Yale: hīng jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-tióng
    • Tâi-lô: hing-tióng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengdiorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³ tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-tiáng
    • Tâi-lô: hing-tiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengdiarng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiaⁿ-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hiann-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvia'dviuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiã⁴⁴⁻²² tiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiã³³ tiũ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

兄長

1. (literary) term of respect for one's older brother
2. (literary) term of respect for a male peer