班長

班長

See also: 班长

Chinese

		team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (班長)		班	長
simp. (班长)		班	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bānzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹ zoeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pân-chóng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pan-tiúⁿ / pan-tióⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹ ziang²

• Wu (Wiktionary): pe tsan (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: banjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-chang³
    • Yale: bān-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banjaang
    • Palladius: баньчжан (banʹčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: baan¹ zoeng²
    • Yale: bāan jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 班長／班长 頒獎／颁奖

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pân-chóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ban´ zong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ban¹ zong³
    • Sinological IPA: /pan²⁴ t͡soŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pan-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pandviuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ tiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ tiũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pan³³ tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² tiũ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan-tióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pan-tiónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pandvioir
    • IPA (Tainan): /pan⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔ̃⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bang¹ ziang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang tsiáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³⁻²³ t͡siaŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pe tsan (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞⁵⁵ t͡sã²¹/

Noun

班長

1. (education) class monitor; class president; prefect
2. (military) squad leader
3. team leader

Synonyms

• (class monitor) 級長／级长 (jízhǎng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
班	長
はん Grade: 6	ちょう Grade: 2
kan’on	on’yomi

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 班長／班长 (“squad leader”). First attested in 1917.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

班(はん)長(ちょう) • (hanchō) ^{←はんちやう (fantyau)?}

1. a squad leader
2. honcho

Descendants

• English: honcho

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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Korean

Hanja in this term
班	長

Noun

班長 • (banjang) (hangeul 반장)

1. Hanja form^? of 반장 (“class monitor, class president; squad leader; honcho”).