市長

市長

See also: 市长

Chinese

		market; city	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (市長)		市	長
simp. (市长)		市	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁵ zoeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-chóng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhǐ-tiúⁿ / chhī-tiúⁿ / chhī-tióⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci⁶ ziang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shìzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjaang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁵ zoeng²
    • Yale: síh jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁵ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁵ zêng²
    • IPA ^(key): /siː¹³ t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-chóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii zong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ zong³
    • IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhǐ-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshǐ-tiúnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰi²² tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhī-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshī-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chixdviuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰi³³⁻²¹ tiũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰi³³⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰi²²⁻²¹ tiũ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhī-tióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshī-tiónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chixdvioir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi²²⁻²¹ tiɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci⁶ ziang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshĭ tsiáng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Noun

市長

1. mayor

   他把我引見給市長。 [MSC, trad.]
   他把我引见给市长。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bǎ wǒ yǐnjiàn gěi shìzhǎng. [Pinyin]

   He presented me to the mayor.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
市	長
し Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 市 (shi, “city”) +‎ 長 (-chō, “head”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) しちょ​ー [shìchóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • (Tokyo) し​ちょー [shíꜜchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕi̥t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

市長 (hiragana しちょう, rōmaji shichō, historical hiragana しちやう)

1. (of a city) a mayor

See also

• 町 (ちょう)長 (ちょう) (chōchō)
• 村 (そん)長 (ちょう) (sonchō)